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  • Communication
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2 Citations
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21 July 2021

Low energy availability in athletes is an insufficiently researched phenomenon due to lack of a universal methodology. Current objective and subjective methods for assessing low energy availability lack in accuracy, are not used with a standardized a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
46 Citations
21,880 Views
26 Pages

25 February 2022

Relative Energy Deficiency in sport is experiencing remarkable popularity of late, particularly among female athletes. This condition is underpinned by low energy availability, which is a byproduct of high energy expenditure, inadequate energy intake...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,962 Views
14 Pages

13 August 2018

Low energy availability (LEA) and nutrient intake have been well studied in able-bodied athletes, but there is a lack of research examining these issues amongst athletes with spinal cord injury (SCI). To date, there have been no studies that have exa...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
16,705 Views
16 Pages

Iron Metabolism: Interactions with Energy and Carbohydrate Availability

  • Alannah K. A. McKay,
  • David B. Pyne,
  • Louise M. Burke and
  • Peter Peeling

30 November 2020

The provision or restriction of select nutrients in an athlete’s diet can elicit a variety of changes in fuel utilization, training adaptation, and performance outcomes. Furthermore, nutrient availability can also influence athlete health, with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,346 Views
14 Pages

27 January 2023

Background: Nutrition in sport is a priority; it is the basis for maintaining optimal health and a prerequisite for the high performance necessary for competitions. The aim of this study was to assess low energy availability and its possible conseque...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,784 Views
9 Pages

Prevalence of Low Energy Availability in Collegiate Women Soccer Athletes

  • Meghan K. Magee,
  • Brittanie L. Lockard,
  • Hannah A. Zabriskie,
  • Alexis Q. Schaefer,
  • Joel A. Luedke,
  • Jacob L. Erickson,
  • Margaret T. Jones and
  • Andrew R. Jagim

(1) Background: Limited information exists on the prevalence of low energy availability (LEA) in collegiate team sports. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of LEA in collegiate women soccer players. (2) Methods: Collegiate women...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,579 Views
10 Pages

8 October 2024

This study investigated the association between the risk of low energy availability, disordered eating, and anxiety in collegiate female athletes. Female athletes (n = 115) completed questionnaires that assessed disordered eating (Disordered Eating S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,600 Views
27 Pages

23 January 2019

In the Internet of Things (IoT)-supported energy data management infrastructure, objects from various energy generation and consumption terminals in buildings produce a tremendous amount of data. However, this data is not useful unless it is availabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,426 Views
27 Pages

1 October 2020

This research work proposes a novel approach to estimate probabilities of availability states of the energy transfer network in marine energy conversion subsystems, using Bayesian Networks (BNs). The logical interrelationships between units at differ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,498 Views
12 Pages

The Prevalence of Low Energy Availability in Cross-Country Skiers during the Annual Cycle

  • Ekaterina A. Bushmanova,
  • Aleksandra Y. Lyudinina and
  • Evgeny R. Bojko

15 July 2024

Background and Objectives: A sustained mismatch between energy intake (EI) and exercise energy expenditure (EEE) can lead to Low Energy Availability (LEA), as well as health and performance impairments characteristic of Relative Energy Deficiency in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8,371 Views
13 Pages

Male Endurance Athletes: Examination of Energy and Carbohydrate Availability and Hormone Responses

  • Erin M. Moore,
  • Clemens Drenowatz,
  • Brittany T. Williams,
  • Thaddeus C. Brodrick,
  • David F. Stodden and
  • Toni M. Torres-McGehee

31 October 2024

Background: This study investigated the effects of decreased energy availability (EA) and carbohydrate availability (CA) on reproductive and metabolic hormones in male endurance-trained athletes. Methods: Thirteen athletes (age: 26.08 ± 4.3 ye...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,635 Views
12 Pages

25 October 2020

Background: Low energy availability (LEA) is a major problem as athletes often restrict their energy intake. It has been shown that LEA occurs often in female and endurance athletes and in athletes from weight-sensitive or aesthetic sports. The purpo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,062 Views
9 Pages

Energy Availability and Body Composition in Professional Athletes: Two Sides of the Same Coin

  • Roberto Palazzo,
  • Tommaso Parisi,
  • Sara Rosa,
  • Marco Corsi,
  • Edoardo Falconi and
  • Laura Stefani

16 October 2024

Background/Objectives: Energy availability (EA) is essential for maintaining physiological functions, significantly influencing athletes’ health and performance. Nutritional behaviors, however, vary across sports. This study aims to assess EA l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,402 Views
7 Pages

21 June 2017

Dragon boat racing requires high physical activity levels during competition and training. The female athletic triad refers to a number of negative health consequences (e.g., amenorrhoea, low bone mineral density, and low energy availability) that ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7,303 Views
12 Pages

Resting Metabolic Rate and Substrate Utilization during Energy and Protein Availability in Male and Female Athletes

  • Mahmoud M. A. Abulmeaty,
  • Ali Almajwal,
  • Mervat Elsayed,
  • Heba Hassan,
  • Thamer Alsager and
  • Zaid Aldossari

17 March 2024

Active athletes frequently develop low energy (LEA) and protein availabilities (LPA) with consequent changes in the vital metabolic processes, especially resting metabolic rate (RMR) and substrate utilization. This study investigated the association...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,669 Views
17 Pages

18 September 2018

This article presents an overview of a new multilayer node event processing (MNEP) method for improved data center energy efficiency and event management monitoring in its physical infrastructure. Event management is essential for the provision and m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
7,284 Views
10 Pages

How Do We Assess Energy Availability and RED-S Risk Factors in Para Athletes?

  • Kristin L. Jonvik,
  • Birna Vardardottir and
  • Elizabeth Broad

3 March 2022

Low energy availability (LEA) is considered to be the underlying cause of a number of maladaptations in athletes, including impaired physiological function, low bone mineral density (BMD), and hormonal dysfunction. This is collectively referred to as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,999 Views
14 Pages

Proper nutrition is the basis for athletes’ performances when competing or training. The increasing training volume accompanying the increase in advancement should go hand in hand with the appropriate supply of energy as well as macro and micro...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,104 Views
25 Pages

Energy Transition Scenarios for Fossil Fuel Rich Developing Countries under Constraints on Oil Availability: The Case of Ecuador

  • Vicente Sebastian Espinoza,
  • Javier Fontalvo,
  • Paola Ramírez,
  • Jaime Martí-Herrero and
  • Margarita Mediavilla

22 September 2022

The aim of this paper is to analyze energy pathways for a fossil fuel rich developing country towards an energy transition considering national and international oil availability using Ecuador as a reference. An integrated assessment model has been d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
490 Views
17 Pages

Energy Availability, Body Composition, and Phase Angle Among Adolescent Artistic Gymnasts During a Competitive Season

  • Anneta Grompanopoulou,
  • Antigoni Kypraiou,
  • Dimitrios C. Milosis,
  • Michael Chourdakis and
  • Anatoli Petridou

3 February 2026

Background/Objectives: Energy availability (EA) is associated with Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport syndrome. This study assessed the EA, body composition, and phase angle (φ) of adolescent artistic gymnasts during a competitive season. Method...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,597 Views
12 Pages

Risk of Low Energy Availability in National and International Level Paralympic Athletes: An Exploratory Investigation

  • Kelly Pritchett,
  • Alicia DiFolco,
  • Savannah Glasgow,
  • Robert Pritchett,
  • Katy Williams,
  • Trent Stellingwerff,
  • Patricia Roney,
  • Susannah Scaroni and
  • Elizabeth Broad

18 March 2021

(1) Background: The purpose of this study was to examine the symptoms of low energy availability (LEA) and risk of relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) symptoms in para-athletes using a multi-parameter approach. (2) Methods: National level par...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,897 Views
18 Pages

Among the four pillars of ‘food security’ (i.e., ‘food availability’, ‘food accessibility’, ‘food stability’ and ‘food utilization’), ‘food availability (FA)’ underpins the core...

  • Review
  • Open Access
230 Citations
45,143 Views
19 Pages

Low Energy Availability in Athletes 2020: An Updated Narrative Review of Prevalence, Risk, Within-Day Energy Balance, Knowledge, and Impact on Sports Performance

  • Danielle M. Logue,
  • Sharon M. Madigan,
  • Anna Melin,
  • Eamonn Delahunt,
  • Mirjam Heinen,
  • Sarah-Jane Mc Donnell and
  • Clare A. Corish

20 March 2020

Low energy availability (EA) underpins the female and male athlete triad and relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S). The condition arises when insufficient calories are consumed to support exercise energy expenditure, resulting in compromised ph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,709 Views
17 Pages

19 September 2020

In this paper, daylight availability depending on building orientation in a typical educational classroom was investigated. Measurements of daylight illuminance distributions in the room depth for different illuminance outside the building allowed to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,629 Views
13 Pages

Assessing Energy Availability and Glucose Dynamics in Adolescent Cyclists: Implications for Nutritional Interventions During the Competitive Season

  • Matteo Tarocchi,
  • Alessio Pellegrino,
  • Kristina Skroce,
  • Andrea Zignoli,
  • Letizia Clara Cavadini,
  • Chiara Bodini,
  • Giuditta Pagliai,
  • Loira Toncelli,
  • Laura Stefani and
  • Pietro Amedeo Modesti
  • + 3 authors

7 November 2024

Background: The risk of developing a state of low energy availability (LEA) (<30 kcals/kg free-fat mass) in endurance athletes is known and recommendations for nutrition are available. However, information on male adolescent cyclists and the influ...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
15,298 Views
14 Pages

20 October 2023

The purpose of this narrative review is to identify health and performance consequences associated with LCA in female endurance athletes. The intake of carbohydrates (CHO) before, during, and after exercise has been demonstrated to support sport perf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,215 Views
15 Pages

Body Composition, Dietary Intake and the Risk of Low Energy Availability in Elite-Level Competitive Rhythmic Gymnasts

  • María Villa,
  • José G. Villa-Vicente,
  • Jesus Seco-Calvo,
  • Juan Mielgo-Ayuso and
  • Pilar S. Collado

18 June 2021

The aim of this study was to analyze dietary intake and body composition in a group of elite-level competitive rhythmic gymnasts from Spain. We undertook body composition and nutritional analysis of 30 elite gymnasts, divided into two groups by age:...

  • Review
  • Open Access
553 Views
29 Pages

21 February 2026

In sports nutrition, performance adaptation emerges from the coordinated molecular interaction between physical training and nutrient availability. This narrative review with conceptual synthesis advances Training–Fuel Coupling (TFC) as a syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
10,086 Views
10 Pages

Body Composition, Energy Availability, Risk of Eating Disorder, and Sport Nutrition Knowledge in Young Athletes

  • Meghan K. Magee,
  • Margaret T. Jones,
  • Jennifer B. Fields,
  • Julie Kresta,
  • Chinguun Khurelbaatar,
  • Christopher Dodge,
  • Brandon Merfeld,
  • Abby Ambrosius,
  • Makenna Carpenter and
  • Andrew R. Jagim

21 March 2023

Young athletes may be at risk for low energy availability (LEA) or dietary habits that are indicative of eating disorders. Thus, the purpose of the current study was to investigate the prevalence of LEA among high school athletes and examine those at...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,005 Views
12 Pages

Low Energy Availability and Eating Disorders Risk: A Comparison between Elite Female Adolescent Athletes and Ballet Dancers

  • Jamie Ching Ting Lye,
  • Tin Wing Chan,
  • Harry Ban Teck Lim,
  • Jing Wen Png and
  • Bernadette Cherianne Taim

29 March 2024

This study examined the risk of low energy availability (LEA) and eating disorders among elite adolescent female athletes from a mixed-sport cohort and ballet dancers in Singapore, where the accelerated biological needs of adolescent growth and matur...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,832 Views
18 Pages

Nutritional Assessment, Body Composition, and Low Energy Availability in Sport Climbing Athletes of Different Genders and Categories: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Agustin Mora-Fernandez,
  • Andrea Argüello-Arbe,
  • Andrea Tojeiro-Iglesias,
  • Jose Antonio Latorre,
  • Javier Conde-Pipó and
  • Miguel Mariscal-Arcas

3 September 2024

Climbing is an Olympic discipline in full development and multidisciplinary in nature, where the influences of body composition and nutritional status on performance have not yet been clarified despite the quest for a low weight in anti-gravity disci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,554 Views
10 Pages

Pre-Season Nutritional Intake and Prevalence of Low Energy Availability in NCAA Division III Collegiate Swimmers

  • Dylan J. Klein,
  • Patrick McClain,
  • Victoria Montemorano and
  • Alaina Santacroce

21 June 2023

There is limited information regarding the dietary habits and energy availability (EA) of collegiate athletes. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to assess the nutrient intakes, dietary habits, and prevalence of low EA (<30 kcals/kg FF...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,658 Views
11 Pages

27 June 2024

This study explored the impact of varying energy availability (EA) on the 24-h interstitial fluid glucose concentration (IGC) in five elite male Japanese triathletes at a training camp. Measurements of IGC, energy and macronutrient intake, and exerci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,313 Views
9 Pages

16 September 2021

The aim of this study was to severely reduce energy availability (EA) in controlled conditions in trained male endurance athletes to observe any effects on health, performance, and psychological and energy markers. EA was reduced by 50% over 14 days...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,694 Views
11 Pages

Accuracy of Tracking Devices’ Ability to Assess Exercise Energy Expenditure in Professional Female Soccer Players: Implications for Quantifying Energy Availability

  • Marcus S. Dasa,
  • Oddgeir Friborg,
  • Morten Kristoffersen,
  • Gunn Pettersen,
  • Jorunn Sundgot-Borgen and
  • Jan H. Rosenvinge

The purpose of the study was to assess the accuracy of commonly used GPS/accelerometer-based tracking devices in the estimation of exercise energy expenditure (EEE) during high-intensity intermittent exercise. A total of 13 female soccer players comp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,030 Views
21 Pages

Precise estimation of the remaining available energy in batteries is not only key to improving energy management efficiency, but also serves as a critical safeguard for ensuring the safe operation of battery systems. To address the challenges associa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
783 Views
22 Pages

Determination of the Available Energy of Corn DDGS Fed to Pregnant Sows

  • Can Zhang,
  • Bo Cheng,
  • Lei Xue,
  • Ling Liu,
  • Fenglai Wang and
  • Jianjun Zang

12 August 2025

Based on an established appropriate substitution level for corn distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGSs) replacing energy-supplying components in the basal diet for pregnant sows, the substitution method was employed to determine the available e...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,581 Views
10 Pages

9 April 2014

The energy available via microbial sulfate reduction was estimated for a Quaternary aquifer in northern Japan that is a candidate site for low temperature aquifer thermal energy storage. In evaluating whether microbial sulfate reduction proceeded or...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,673 Views
13 Pages

Understanding the Partitioning of the Available Energy over the Semi-Arid Areas of the Loess Plateau, China

  • Guanghui Yuan,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Jiening Liang,
  • Xianjie Cao,
  • Hui Liu and
  • Zhaohong Yang

To investigate the mechanism of available energy partitioning to sensible and latent heat fluxes over semi-arid regions, data from the Semi-Arid Climate and Environment Observatory of Lanzhou University (SACOL) were analyzed to assess the effects of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,681 Views
15 Pages

Changes in the Available Potential and Kinetic Energy of Mesoscale Vortices When They Are Stretched into Filaments

  • Vladimir V. Zhmur,
  • Tatyana V. Belonenko,
  • Vladimir S. Travkin,
  • Elena V. Novoselova,
  • David A. Harutyunyan and
  • Roshin P. Raj

The article discusses various aspects of the interaction of vortices with the barotropic flow. Vortex interaction with a flow results in rotation variants, nutational oscillations, and unlimited stretching of its core. The vortex remains in a localiz...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,324 Views
26 Pages

10 June 2025

The concept of thermodynamic efficiency is central to the theoretical understanding of tropical cyclone intensity and intensification, but the issue has remained controversial owing to the existence of distinct and incompatible definitions. Physicall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,354 Views
16 Pages

Effects of Extrusion on the Available Energy and Nutrient Digestibility of Wheat and Its Application in Weaned Piglets

  • Ge Zhang,
  • Xing He,
  • Zhiqiang Sun,
  • Tenghao Wang,
  • Ling Liu,
  • Jinbiao Zhao and
  • Zeyu Zhang

12 February 2025

Experiments were designed to investigate the effect of extrusion on the available energy and nutrient digestibility of wheat, and to further evaluate the effects of incorporating extruded wheat into the diet on growth performance, diarrhea rates, hea...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,210 Views
24 Pages

Availability and the Possibility of Employing Wastes and Biomass Materials Energy in Jordan

  • Ala’a K. Al-Bawwat,
  • Francisco Jurado,
  • Mohamed R. Gomaa and
  • Antonio Cano

28 March 2023

The state of Jordan’s energy independence is critical, with the country relying almost entirely on imported oil and gas. Consequently, energy availability is considered to be the most significant challenge faced by Jordan’s industrial sec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,500 Views
22 Pages

Availability of Ambient RF Energy in d-Dimensional Wireless Networks

  • Hongxing Xia,
  • Yongzhao Li,
  • Hailin Zhang and
  • Balasubramaniam Natarajan

15 March 2018

Radio frequency (RF) enabled energy harvesting has garnered increasingly broad applications in energy-constrained wireless networks. In this context, the actual available energy is constrained by the harvesting threshold of RF harvesters. In this pap...

  • Article
  • Open Access
74 Citations
16,416 Views
20 Pages

26 August 2015

Solar energy is commonly seen as a future energy source with significant potential. Ruthenium, gallium, indium and several other rare elements are common and vital components of many solar energy technologies, including dye-sensitized solar cells, CI...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1,613 Views
22 Pages

Rethinking Energy Availability from Conceptual Models to Applied Practice: A Narrative Review

  • Sergio Espinar,
  • Marina A. Sánchez-Fernández,
  • Juan J. Martin-Olmedo,
  • Marcos Rueda-Córdoba and
  • Lucas Jurado-Fasoli

23 January 2026

Background/Objectives: Energy availability (EA), defined as the dietary energy remaining after exercise energy expenditure (EEE), is a central determinant of both health and performance in athletes. Chronic insufficient EA leads to low energy availab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,754 Views
20 Pages

A Heuristic Home Electric Energy Management System Considering Renewable Energy Availability

  • Victor J. Gutierrez-Martinez,
  • Carlos A. Moreno-Bautista,
  • Jose M. Lozano-Garcia,
  • Alejandro Pizano-Martinez,
  • Enrique A. Zamora-Cardenas and
  • Miguel A. Gomez-Martinez

19 February 2019

This paper presents the development of a heuristic-based algorithm for a Home Electric Energy Management System (HEEMS). The novelty of the proposal resides in the fact that solutions of the Pareto front, minimizing both the energy consumption and co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,982 Views
28 Pages

7 July 2023

Renewable energy power generation systems such as photovoltaic and wind power have characteristics of intermittency and volatility, which can cause disturbances to the grid frequency. The battery system of electric vehicles (EVs) is a mobile energy s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,052 Views
22 Pages

The Spatial–Temporal Characteristics of Wave Energy Resource Availability in the China Seas

  • Rui-Zhe Shen,
  • Cheng-Tao Yi,
  • Yu-Nuo Liu,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Kai Wu,
  • Mu-Yu Chen and
  • Chong-Wei Zheng

For coastal nations and regions, wave energy provides a localized energy solution, decreasing dependency on external energy sources and fostering the sustainable development of local economies. Effective wave height occurrence (EWHO) represents the a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,844 Views
12 Pages

Association between Low Energy Availability (LEA) and Impaired Sleep Quality in Young Rugby Players

  • Oussama Saidi,
  • Maher Souabni,
  • Giovanna C. Del Sordo,
  • Clément Maviel,
  • Paul Peyrel,
  • Freddy Maso,
  • Fabrice Vercruyssen and
  • Pascale Duché

23 February 2024

Low energy availability (LEA) has been associated with several physiological consequences, but its impact on sleep has not been sufficiently investigated, especially in the context of young athletes. This study examined the potential association betw...

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