Evaluation of a Practice-oriented Recovery Program for Female Endurance Athletes With Relative Energy Deficiency

Summary

The aim of this study is to develop, implement and evaluate the effects of a 16 week practice orientated sports nutrition education and counselling program aiming to improve energy availability and to investigate the effects on physiological and psychological health, sports nutrition knowledge, and athletic performance in well-trained female endurance athletes with risk of RED-S. The FUEL (in Norwegian: Forstå Utholdenhetsidretts Ernæring - et Læringsprogram; in English: Food and nUtrition for Endurance athletes - a Learning program) recovery program consists of virtual lectures with central themes within sports nutrition in addition to individual consultations.

Conditions

• Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nutritional behavioral intervention

The participants will get access to an online platform where the FUEL recovery program will be initiated with session 1 immediately after baseline testing and the athletes are requested to follow the lectures lead by highly experienced sports dietitians for the respective weeks. Every other week for 16 weeks (8 sessions in total) participants will be offered individual nutrition counselling (one intervention group) by highly experienced sports nutritionists in each country, based on Motivational Interviewing, the individual's environmental and biological prerequisites, and the Transtheoretical Model, focusing on the individual's readiness to act on a new healthier behavior

BEHAVIORAL

Nutritional behavioral intervention

The participants will get access to an online platform where the FUEL recovery program will be initiated with session 1 immediately after baseline testing and the athletes are requested to follow the lectures lead by highly experienced sports dietitians for the respective weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Olympiatoppen

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Sport Ireland Institute

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Technical University of Munich

  collaborator OTHER

• Linnaeus University

  collaborator OTHER

• Monica Klungland Torstveit

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Monica K Tortsveit, Professor · University of Agder

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

35 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-10-08

Primary Completion

2022-06-01

Completion

2022-06-01

Countries

• Germany
• Ireland
• Norway
• Sweden

Study Locations