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Notes

  1. We suggest consulting the following webpage where there is a compilation of severe consequences of RWL in combat sports: https://combatsportslaw.com/2014/09/03/yes-athletes-have-been-hurt-from-weight-cutting-in-mma/ (Accessed 23 Feb 2017).

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  1. Department of Sport Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, 135 Erasmus Darwin Building, Clifton Lane, Nottingham, NG11 8NS, UK

    Guilherme Giannini Artioli

  2. Applied Physiology and Nutrition Research Group, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Bryan Saunders

  3. Demarest Advogados, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Rodrigo T. Iglesias

  4. Martial Arts and Combat Sports Research Group, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Emerson Franchini

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Artioli, G.G., Saunders, B., Iglesias, R.T. et al. Authors’ Reply to Davis: “It is Time to Ban Rapid Weight Loss from Combat Sports”. Sports Med 47, 1677–1681 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-017-0715-1

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