NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS IN ATHLETES AFFECTED BY RELATIVE ENERGY DEFICIENCY SYNDROME IN SPORT (RED-S)

Abstract

The present article addresses the nutritional aspects in athletes that were affected by the relative energy deficiency in sports syndrome (RED-S), and has as principal objective comprehend the effects of this lifestyle in the way they behave against food and the impacts caused in health. The syndrome is associated to low energy availability to supply the metabolic demands of the organism and the exercises, being triggered due a imbalance between energy consumption and expenditure. Previously was called the female athlete triad and the syndrome counted with three principal symptoms, that being, low energy availability, low mineral bone density and menstrual disfunction, and over time was updated after observing its occurrence in men and in exercise  practitioners (not only athletes). Furthermore, the alterations, for the most part, are by the low energy, not just a triad. This study was developed based on review of various articles about the subject, that were published between the years 2011 and 2022, with the goal of identifying the cause, groups that are more likely to develop, influence of the syndrome on the training performance, nutritional deficiencies, symptomatology, and the importance of disclosure of the subject and tools to a precocious diagnosis.