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Prevalence of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) among National Athletes in Malaysia
Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S), which underpins the concept of low energy availability (LEA), can negatively affect athletes’ health and performance. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of RED-S among national athletes in Malaysia. A total of 192 national athletes (97 males, 1...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096906/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37049534 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15071697 |
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author | Marzuki, Muhammad Irfan Haiqal Mohamad, Mohd Izham Chai, Wen Jin Farah, Nor M. F. Safii, Nik Shanita Jasme, Jasmiza Khuzairi Jamil, Nor Aini |
author_facet | Marzuki, Muhammad Irfan Haiqal Mohamad, Mohd Izham Chai, Wen Jin Farah, Nor M. F. Safii, Nik Shanita Jasme, Jasmiza Khuzairi Jamil, Nor Aini |
author_sort | Marzuki, Muhammad Irfan Haiqal |
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description | Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S), which underpins the concept of low energy availability (LEA), can negatively affect athletes’ health and performance. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of RED-S among national athletes in Malaysia. A total of 192 national athletes (97 males, 18–39 years old) responded to an online survey regarding the RED-S risk. Most athletes (67.2%) were classified as having a medium/high RED-S risk. Female (41.2%), weight-class (23.9%), and intermittent sports (20.3%) had the highest prevalence of medium/high RED-S risk. Overall, most athletes spent 2–5 h daily (55.2%) and 6–7 days weekly (53.6%) practicing or playing their sport, and 47.9% reported feeling tired recently. The athletes were also terrified of being overweight (61.5%), worried about what they eat (64.7%), concerned about having fat on their bodies (62.6%), and thinking about burning calories while exercising (69.3%). Only 16.7% of the athletes had a prior history of stress fractures, and 40.6% continued to participate in activities 6–7 days per week while injured. The majority of female athletes (88.3%) had regular menstrual cycles. These findings support the notion that RED-S screening should be addressed in the athletic community. Future research is needed to clinically assess these athletes and investigate the impacts of RED-S on their health and sports performance. |
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spelling | pubmed-100969062023-04-13 Prevalence of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) among National Athletes in Malaysia Marzuki, Muhammad Irfan Haiqal Mohamad, Mohd Izham Chai, Wen Jin Farah, Nor M. F. Safii, Nik Shanita Jasme, Jasmiza Khuzairi Jamil, Nor Aini Nutrients Article Relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S), which underpins the concept of low energy availability (LEA), can negatively affect athletes’ health and performance. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of RED-S among national athletes in Malaysia. A total of 192 national athletes (97 males, 18–39 years old) responded to an online survey regarding the RED-S risk. Most athletes (67.2%) were classified as having a medium/high RED-S risk. Female (41.2%), weight-class (23.9%), and intermittent sports (20.3%) had the highest prevalence of medium/high RED-S risk. Overall, most athletes spent 2–5 h daily (55.2%) and 6–7 days weekly (53.6%) practicing or playing their sport, and 47.9% reported feeling tired recently. The athletes were also terrified of being overweight (61.5%), worried about what they eat (64.7%), concerned about having fat on their bodies (62.6%), and thinking about burning calories while exercising (69.3%). Only 16.7% of the athletes had a prior history of stress fractures, and 40.6% continued to participate in activities 6–7 days per week while injured. The majority of female athletes (88.3%) had regular menstrual cycles. These findings support the notion that RED-S screening should be addressed in the athletic community. Future research is needed to clinically assess these athletes and investigate the impacts of RED-S on their health and sports performance. MDPI 2023-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10096906/ /pubmed/37049534 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15071697 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Marzuki, Muhammad Irfan Haiqal Mohamad, Mohd Izham Chai, Wen Jin Farah, Nor M. F. Safii, Nik Shanita Jasme, Jasmiza Khuzairi Jamil, Nor Aini Prevalence of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) among National Athletes in Malaysia |
title | Prevalence of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) among National Athletes in Malaysia |
title_full | Prevalence of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) among National Athletes in Malaysia |
title_fullStr | Prevalence of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) among National Athletes in Malaysia |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) among National Athletes in Malaysia |
title_short | Prevalence of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) among National Athletes in Malaysia |
title_sort | prevalence of relative energy deficiency in sport (red-s) among national athletes in malaysia |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10096906/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37049534 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15071697 |
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