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Sports Nutrition for the Young Female Athlete

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The 1970s was an important era for the growth of sports opportunities for women. It was also during this period that there was an increase in the number of laboratories focusing on both exercise physiology and sports nutrition. Initially, studies focused mainly on endurance sports and the nutritional status of male participants. Results showed that what an athlete consumed before, during, and after exercise could help to improve performance [1]. The importance of studying both male and female athletes is better recognized today because there are significant differences. For example, food portions, nutrient requirements, and metabolic rates often differ between females and males.

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  1. Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedics, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Jan P. Hangen MS, RD, LDN

  2. Department of Adolescent Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Katrina Schroeder RD, LDN

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  1. Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedics, Boston Children’s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Cynthia J. Stein

  2. Division of Sports Medicine,Department of Orthopedics, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Neuroendocrine Unit,Department of Medicine, Children’s Hospital; Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Kathryn E. Ackerman

  3. Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedics Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Andrea Stracciolini

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Hangen, J.P., Schroeder, K. (2016). Sports Nutrition for the Young Female Athlete. In: Stein, C., Ackerman, K., Stracciolini, A. (eds) The Young Female Athlete. Contemporary Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21632-4_2

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