The Active Female Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan

The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan investigates the growing and ever-changing health issues for girls and women who lead an active lifestyle and participate in sports and exercise. Easy to read, the volume provides an educational foundation for understanding how disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis can be interrelated while also looking at image disorders and reproductive health. Written by world leaders in the field, chapters detail effective nutrition and safe exercise techniques while also discussing female psychological and physiological characteristics.

Informative and comprehensive, The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan is an essential, practical reference for the educated professional who seeks a basic understanding of some of the more common issues active females confront.

Focusing on Active Female’s Health Issues: Unique Gender-Related Psychological and Physiological Characteristics of Females.- Body Image Concerns Throughout the Lifespan.- Reproductive Changes in the Female Lifespan.- Considerations of Sex Differences in Musculoskeletal Anatomy.- Preoccupation with Body Image Issues and Disordered Eating Issues in the Active Female.- Body Image and Eating Disturbances in Children and Adolescents.- The Female Athlete Triad: Disordered Eating, Amenorrhea, and Osteoporosis.- Disordered Eating in Active Middle-Aged Women.- Eating Disorder and Menstrual Dysfunction Screening Tools for the Allied Health Professional.- Education and Intervention Programs for Disordered Eating in the Active Female.- Reproductive Health.- The Human Menstrual Cycle.- Abnormal Menstrual Cycles.- Psychological Stress and Functional Amenorrhea.- Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on the Acquisition of Peak Bone Mass.- Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in Active Females.- Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in Preadolescent and Adolescent Female Athletes.- Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Adult Female Athlete.- Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries Incurred Through Exercise During Pregnancy.- Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Aging Female Athlete.- Osteoporosis and Current Therapeutic Management.- Safe Exercise Guidelines Throughout the Lifespan.- Physical Activity Recommendations and Exercise Guidelines Established by Leading Health Organizations.- Exercise Guidelines for Children and Adolescence.- Exercise Precautions for the Female Athlete.- Exercise Guidelines and Recommendations During Pregnancy.- Mindful Exercise, Qualityof Life, and Cancer.- Exercise Guidelines for the Postmenopausal Woman.- Nutrition, Energy Balance, and Weight Control.- Estimating Energy Requirements.- Nutritional Guidelines and Energy Needs for Active Children.- Nutritional Guidelines and Energy Needs for the Female Athlete.- Ergogenic Aids and the Female Athlete.- Nutritional Guidelines and Energy Needs During Pregnancy and Lactation.- Nutritional Guidelines, Energy Balance, and Weight Control Issues for the Mature Physically Active Woman.