Download or read book The Prevalence of the Female Athlete Triad written by Kylie Ameres and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Female Athlete Triad (FAT) is characterized by three individualized disorders that are present at the same time. Low energy availability with or without disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis are the three components that make up the Female Athlete Triad. The competitive nature and extreme exercise expenditure of female athletes at the Division 1 level, increases their risk of experiencing the components of the Female Athlete Triad. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of the Female Athlete Triad in NCAA Division 1 female athletes. A total of 100 participants were chosen from various sports through Gardner-Webb University athletics. Each participant that met the inclusion criteria filled out an informed consent form before completing the surveys. The participants were asked questions about eating habits, menstruation and history of stress fracture. The results were evaluated with two separate analyses. The first was a chi-squared test was used to assess the different proportions risk factors associated with all of the participants. The second was used to evaluate each risk factor for each component of the Female Athlete Triad (the three questionnaires) as separate variables. It is hypothesized that NCAA Division 1 female athletes are at an increased risk of developing at least one, if not all components of the Female Athlete Triad.