Abstract
Weight-reducing diets typically provide amounts of micronutrients and proteins that are within the limits of common recommendations and do not cause the characteristic disease states due to shortage of an essential nutrient. Diet composition of macro-nutrients mostly deviates from usual weight maintenance diets, but varies widely. Caloric intake is always reduced and typically varies between zero and about 1200 kcal. The majority of women that use these diets are not obese. Most of them diet for cosmetic or professional reasons to conform with cultural ideals linking beauty to slimness. Some diet to obtain an optimal weight for athletic performance. In some women dieting represents a response to stressful life situations. And not infrequently dieting occurs in the context of psychiatric disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and depression. In many of these situations dieting may occur together with increased exercise.
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Schweiger, U., Tuschl, R.J., Laessle, R.G., Broocks, A., Pirke, K.M. (1989). Consequences of Dieting and Exercise on Menstrual Function in Normal Weight Young Women. In: Pirke, K.M., Wuttke, W., Schweiger, U. (eds) The Menstrual Cycle and Its Disorders. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74631-4_15
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