Low Energy Availability in Dance

Low Energy Availability (LEA) and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) are two terms that have been thrown around a lot in recent years, but are they the same? And what is overtraining?

Dec 14, 2024

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All three are quite serious conditions (with LEA and REDs being more serious than overtraining), and very common in the dance population - across all genre btw, it’s not only ballet where they are more or less normalised.

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Low Energy Availability in Dance

Low Energy Availability (LEA) and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs) are two terms that have been thrown around a lot in recent years, but are they the same? And what is overtraining?

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