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In September, the International Olympic Committee issued an update to its consensus statement for Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (shortened to REDs or RED-S). While it’s likely that none of the seventeen doctors and scientists that contributed to the paper will admit it, they’re making a plenty of runners squirm.
The 2023 statement has been expanded to incorporate new data since their last one in 2018: If you thought that RED-S was something that only skinny, elite, women need to worry about, think again. Athletes of all genders and abilities need to pay attention to both what they are eating and how much to avoid injury, illness, and a whole lot of lousy workouts (or worse). Warning – be prepared to get hit with some truth bombs.
What exactly is RED-S?
RED-S is a syndrome which includes the constellation of physical and mental health effects resulting from…
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