Relative energy deficiency in sport: What Every Athlete & Clinician Must Know #127

19/10/2025 14 min Temporada 2 Episodio 127

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Breakdown of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S), what it is, why clinicians and athletes should care, key stats/facts that often get missed, and practical screening you can use tomorrow in clinic or with your squad.What you’ll learnWhat RED-S actually is (beyond “under-fuelling”)Why it matters for health, performance, and injury riskPrevalence, red flags, and common pitfallsHow to screen in real life: which tools, when to use them, and how to interpret resultsWhen to refer and build a multidisciplinary planLEAF-Q (Low Energy Availability in Females Questionnaire) https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/suppl/2014/02/21/bjsports-2013-093240.DC1/bjsports-2013-093240supp1.pdfLEAF-Q Scoring Guide:https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/suppl/2014/02/21/bjsports-2013-093240.DC1/bjsports-2013-093240supp2.pdf• LEAM-Q (Low Energy Availability in Males Questionnaire) 6https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/9/1873 (see supplementary material)• RST (RED-S Specific Screening Tool) 7https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/original_article/pdf/30734/1612430181-1612430175-20210204-18268-i9k6n7.pdf(Questionnaire in appendix C, scoring guide in appendix B)• SEAQ-I (Sport-Specific Energy Availability Questionnaire andInterview) 8https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000424(see supplementary material)• EDE-Q (Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire) 9https://socialwork.buffalo.edu/content/dam/socialwork/continuing-education/documents/Eating-Questionairre-EDE-Q.pdf• SCOFF (Sick, Control, One (stone), Fat, and Food Questionnaire) 10https://www.nutritionhealth.com.au/site/assets/files/1064/scoff-questionnaire.pdf• EAI (Exercise Addiction Inventory) 11https://doi.org/10.1080/16066350310001637363 (see appendix 1)• EDS (Exercise Dependence Scale) 12https://www.personal.psu.edu/dsd11/EDS/EDS21Manual.pdf

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