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CLINICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 69-+Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2006.11.002
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For most female athletes, sports participation is a positive experience, providing improved physical fitness, enhanced self-esteem, and better physical and mental health. Nonetheless, for a few female athletes, the desire for athletic success combined with the pressure to achieve a prescribed body weight may lead to the development of a triad of medical disorders including disordered eating, menstrual dysfunction, and low bone mineral density-known collectively as the female athlete triad.
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