Female Health

All things female oriented

Toolkits

13 toolkits

Breast health

Contraception

Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea

Menopause and hormonal health in dancers

Pelvic health

REDs and motherhood

REDs and pregnancy

Understanding your menstrual cycle

Dancer Stories

5 stories

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The impact of REDs and disordered eating on fertility

Jenna Roberts

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From struggling with REDs to being proud of my recovery

Kallie Green

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My experience with Hormone Replacement Therapy

Kallie Green

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UK-WHO growth charts – 2-18 years

Growth at Adolescence (Second Edition ed.) (1962)

$Increase in bone volume fraction precedes architectural adaptation in growing bone (2001)$

Increase in bone volume fraction precedes architectural adaptation in growing bone (2001)

Growth and development of female dancers aged 8-16 years (2008)

Growth at puberty (2002)

Athletic amenorrhea: energy deficit or psychogenic challenge? (2010)

American College of Sports Medicine position stand. The female athlete triad (2007)

The female athlete triad. The inter-relatedness of disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis (1994)

IOC consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): 2018 update (2018)

International Olympic Committee's (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) (2023)

The effects of menstrual cycle phase on exercise performance in eumenorrheic women: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)

Best practice recommendations for body composition considerations in sport to reduce health and performance risks: a critical review, original survey and expert opinion by a subgroup of the IOC consensus on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) (2023)

Female Health

All things female oriented

Toolkits

Growth & Maturation

Rest & Recovery

Puberty

Introduction to the menstrual cycle

What is REDs?

Breast health

Contraception

Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea

Menopause and hormonal health in dancers

Pelvic health

REDs and motherhood

REDs and pregnancy

Understanding your menstrual cycle

Dancer Stories

What I wish I knew earlier

The culture of missing periods

The impact of REDs and disordered eating on fertility

From struggling with REDs to being proud of my recovery

My experience with Hormone Replacement Therapy

Articles

UK-WHO growth charts – 2-18 years

Growth at Adolescence (Second Edition ed.) (1962)

Increase in bone volume fraction precedes architectural adaptation in growing bone (2001)

Growth and development of female dancers aged 8-16 years (2008)

Growth at puberty (2002)

Athletic amenorrhea: energy deficit or psychogenic challenge? (2010)

American College of Sports Medicine position stand. The female athlete triad (2007)

The female athlete triad. The inter-relatedness of disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis (1994)

IOC consensus statement on relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S): 2018 update (2018)

International Olympic Committee's (IOC) consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) (2023)

The effects of menstrual cycle phase on exercise performance in eumenorrheic women: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)

Best practice recommendations for body composition considerations in sport to reduce health and performance risks: a critical review, original survey and expert opinion by a subgroup of the IOC consensus on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) (2023)