New Epidemic of Malnutrition in Young Slovenian Athletes

Abstract

The syndrome of relative energy deficiency in sports (RED-S) is the result of a prolonged period of low energy availability in athletes and leads to the deterioration of health and physical performance. Our study aimed to investigate the prevalence of RED-S-related health and performance problems in young Slovenian athletes, comparing middle (14–17 years) with late (18–21 years) adolescents.

Keywords

• relative energy
• deficiency in sport
• young athletes
• low energy availability
• nutritional risk
• sindrom relativnega energijskega
• pomanjkanja v športu
• mladi športniki
• nizka energijska razpoložljivost
• prehransko tveganje