Fuelling Female Performance
Clinical Management of LEA and REDS
in Female Athletes
A practical guide to energy availability in female athletes, covering what happens when energy intake is insufficient, how to recognise key warning signs, and how to address it using evidence-based nutrition strategies. Zoe outlines key nutrition priorities for LEA and REDs, explores how to support adequate fuelling in practice, and highlights the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach to ensure athletes maintain health, strength, and optimal performance.
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Learning Outcomes
1. What is energy availability, LEA and REDs
- Understand the relationship between energy availability, LEA and REDs in female athletes
- Explore the complexities of measuring energy availability
- Understand the relationship between energy availability, LEA and REDs in female athletes
- Explore the complexities of measuring energy availability
2. Screening for LEA and REDs
- Recognise clinical indicators, risk factors and screening approaches for LEA and REDs
- Understand who is at most risk and be able to safely and appropriately screen for LEA and REDs
- Recognise clinical indicators, risk factors and screening approaches for LEA and REDs
- Understand who is at most risk and be able to safely and appropriately screen for LEA and REDs
3. Evidence based nutrition strategies
- Learn how to apply evidence based nutrition strategies to those who do not have optimal energy availability
- Explore the nutrition priorities for this population and learn common strategies to implement
- Learn how to apply evidence based nutrition strategies to those who do not have optimal energy availability
- Explore the nutrition priorities for this population and learn common strategies to implement
4. MDT management and athlete communication
- Learn who is often involved in the care team of someone experiencing LEA
- Explore the roles of each individual practitioner
- Understand what to include in communication with other members of the MDT
- Learn who is often involved in the care team of someone experiencing LEA
- Explore the roles of each individual practitioner
- Understand what to include in communication with other members of the MDT
Meet the speaker
Zoe Power
Accredited Practicing Dietitian & Accredited Sports Dietitian
Zoe Power is an Accredited Sports Dietitian based in Clayfield, Brisbane, and the founder of The Power Project, created to empower adolescents and young adults to fuel their passion while supporting health, performance and happiness.
Zoe Power is an Accredited Sports Dietitian based in Clayfield, Brisbane, and the founder of The Power Project, created to empower adolescents and young adults to fuel their passion while supporting health, performance and happiness.
Her own history as an elite gymnast shaped her understanding of nourishing both body and mind. Zoe knows the pressures athletes face to perform at their best and how this can sometimes lead to confusion, burnout or a complicated relationship with food. Her work is rooted in compassion, science and respect for each individual’s unique journey.
Through coaching gymnastics, Zoe stays connected to athlete development and is passionate about supporting a generation of athletes who can thrive in both sport and life. She works with athletes across many sports including gymnastics, dance, AFL, football, water polo and swimming, providing evidence-based strategies to optimise performance, support recovery, manage injury and promote long-term health.
Beyond sport, Zoe brings this expertise to the broader context of women’s health, helping women of all ages build confidence, find balance with food and develop sustainable nutrition habits that support both their lifestyle and wellbeing.
Patrick Jones - Course author
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