Female Athlete Triad and RED-S: A Narrative Review of 151 Studies

151 studies were synthesized for this narrative review on low energy availability in female athletes. The review, authored by Hadeel Ali Ghazzawi and last updated in May 2026, examines the interrelationships between energy availability, disordered eating, menstrual function, and bone mineral density. It identifies low energy availability as the primary driver of multi-systemic impairments like endocrine disruption and skeletal vulnerability.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between disordered eating behaviors and low energy availability based on the described synthesis of evidence.
• Studying the impact of low energy availability on bone mineral density, particularly in the lumbar spine, as highlighted in the review.
• Investigating psychobehavioral predictors like Body Image Overestimation in relation to energy deficiency in athletes.
• Developing screening tools for early detection of low energy availability based on the identified clinical markers and risk factors.

Strengths

• The review synthesizes evidence from 151 identified studies, providing a broad evidence base.
• The selection process involved screening 1,589 records, suggesting a systematic approach to literature identification.
• The document is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open sharing and reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 263.4 KB DOCX file, indicating a limited scope focused on a review document rather than primary data.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; the content's structure must be inferred after download.
• The description is specific to the review's narrative, but the actual data file content and any potential supplementary tables require inspection.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Hadeel Ali Ghazzawi

Collection Method

Narrative review synthesizing evidence from studies identified via the Scopus database.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 05:44:10