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Print: What are the risk factors for female athlete triad?
- Being a competitive athlete
- Playing sports that require you to check your weight often or maintain a certain weight
- Not having time to spend with your friends because your sport takes up all your free time
- Exercising more than is necessary for your sport
- Being pushed by your coach or your parents to win at all costs
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The Female Athlete Triad by JA Hobart, MD, and DR Smucker, MD, MPH (American Family Physician June 01, 2000, http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000601/3357.html)
Written by familydoctor.org editorial staff
Reviewed/Updated: 08/10
Created: 09/00
