Weight management in sport should be gradual, individualised and professionally supported, because rapid weight loss, often by dehydration, carries serious health risks.
Chronic energy deficits can also lead to relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs) and disordered eating. The sport and exercise medicine (SEM) clinician needs to understand why athletes manage weight, assess body composition safely, support safe practice and recognise when things are going wrong.
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