ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2017
The Unexplored Crossroads of the Female Athlete Triad and Iron Deficiency: A Narrative Review.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 90 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Oral Iron Supplementation on Blood Iron Status in Athletes: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Factors Influencing the Hepcidin Response to Exercise: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of low energy availability during three consecutive days of endurance training on iron metabolism in male long distance runners.Physiological reports · 2020Trial
- Single versus Split Dose of Iron Optimizes Hemoglobin Mass Gains at 2106 m Altitude.Medicine and science in sports and exercise · 2019Trial
- Iron Status, Muscle Oxygenation and Performance in Female Athletes During Repeated-Sprint Training in Hypoxia.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Menstrual Health in Servicewomen: The Menstrual Cycle, Menstrual Disturbances, and Occupational Consequences.Sports medicine - open · 2026Review
- Relative energy deficiency in sport: a cross-sectional study of nutritional, biochemical and hormonal profiles in Czech female endurance athletes at risk of low energy availability.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- The Athlete-IQ: Evaluating iron knowledge of female athletes and staff; with insights into practices among dietitians and iron experts.JSAMS plus · 2025Article
- Multi-organ transcriptome atlas of a mouse model of relative energy deficiency in sport.Cell metabolism · 2024Article
- Beyond Menstrual Dysfunction: Does Altered Endocrine Function Caused by Problematic Low Energy Availability Impair Health and Sports Performance in Female Athletes?Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Immune consequences of exercise in hypoxia: A narrative review.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Review
- Patterns of energy availability and carbohydrate intake differentiate between adaptable and problematic low energy availability in female athletes.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
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- Iron Status and Physical Performance in Athletes.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Keto Menu-Effect of Ketogenic Menu and Intermittent Fasting on the Biochemical Markers and Body Composition in a Physically Active Man-A Controlled Case Study.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- High Prevalence of Iron Deficiency Exhibited in Internationally Competitive, Non-Professional Female Endurance Athletes-A Case Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Dietary Iron and the Elite Dancer.Nutrients · 2022Review
- The Path Towards Progress: A Critical Review to Advance the Science of the Female and Male Athlete Triad and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Review
- Diet Quality and Mental Health Status among Division 1 Female Collegiate Athletes during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Recommendations and Nutritional Considerations for Female Athletes: Health and Performance.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Review
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Abstract
Despite the severity and prevalence of iron deficiency in exercising women, few published reports have explored how iron deficiency interacts with another prevalent and severe condition in exercising women: the 'female athlete triad.' This review aims to describe how iron deficiency may interact with each component of the female athlete triad, that is, energy status, reproductive function, and bone health. The effects of iron deficiency on energy status are discussed in regards to thyroid function, metabolic fuel availability, eating behaviors, and energy expenditure. The interactions between iron deficiency and reproductive function are explored by discussing the potentially impaired fertility and hyperprolactinemia due to iron deficiency and the alterations in iron metabolism due to menstrual blood loss and estrogen exposure. The interaction of iron deficiency with bone health may occur via dysregulation of the growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 axis, hypoxia, and hypothyroidism. Based on these discussions, several future directions for research are presented.
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