Low energy availability in male athletes: A systematic review of incidence, associations, and effects

peer-reviewed The full text of this article will not be available in ULIR until the embargo expires on the 22/01/2022 The Female Athlete Triad has recently been suggested to be a threat to male athletes. This review aims to examine the evidence, and associated effects, of low energy availability (LEA) in male athletes. A comprehensive search of PubMed and SPORTDiscus was performed. Three RCT and seven CS studies were included that measured energy availability and included well‐trained males. Clinical LEA (