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Normally, a person pressuring them causes an athlete, who displays these three symptoms, to meet weight standards. An athlete's weight should be heavier than a non-athlete's weight should be because they have more muscle mass and muscle weighs more than fat. They try to get their weight down by not eating or by going on eating binges and then purging. A better way to your weight for an athlete is to check your percent body fat. For example, when I was in high school, my wrestling team had to cut their weight so they could meet the criteria. They started not to eat meals anymore and then went on binges after they weighed in. Their coach forced these procedures on them to have a better wrestling team. Their percent body weight dropped to about 3 percent and they looked so unhealthy. Their eyes sunk into their heads, and they were always depressed. I definitely don't think any coach should pressure their athletes to do this. It is very unhealthy and causes major problems for the !.
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The second symptom of the female athlete triad is amenorrhea. Amenorrhea is when a female athlete does not menstruate for three months or more. Amenorrhea is as high as 66 percent in female athletes. Amenorrhea is caused by low estrogen levels, infertility and bone mineral losses. I think if a female has amenorrhea, why would that person let it continue? It is so unhealthy, and it can do major damage to the body. Some studies show that ballet dancers who suffer from amenorrhea with low body weight have more bone injuries than ballet dancers that have normal body weight. Other studies show that percentage body fat is not critical for normal menstruation. I think I would have to disagree with the study that thinks you do not need normal percent body fat. .
Osteoporosis is the third symptom of the athlete triad. Bone mass is reduced and this causes stress fractures and bone breakage during physical activity.
