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What term was originally used to describe the condition of a female athlete who has an eating disorder and develops amenorrhea and osteoporosis?​'?

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Female athlete triad is a medical condition that is used to describe the condition of a female athlete who has an eating disorder and develops amenorrhea and osteoporosis.

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Female athlete triad is a condition that is characterised by a triad function that is 3 important symptoms in healthy active females the conditions are, low energy that is accompanied with or without eating disorder, dysfunction of the menstrual cycle and low density of the bone, any active female must keep testing for these symptoms throughout her life.

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female athlete triad was original term which described the condition of a female who had eating disorder and develops amoenorrhea and asteoporosis, Female athlete triad was characterized by been fatigue,loss of weight,bone loss,abnormal or absence of periods,self inducing vomiting and stress fractures.
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