The female athlete triad (FAT) is a syndrome of three interrelated serious health disorders which include low energy availability with or without eating disorders, menstrual dysfunction and low bone mass. All female athletes are at risk for the triad or any of its components. However, FAT can also occur in non-athletic females who are not training or competing in a specific sport. Inadequate nutrition in combination with high caloric expenditure of sport training result in a sustained low energy availability which results in metabolic and hormonal disturbances such as menstrual irregularity...

If you are a breast-feeding mother, this book will provide you information about the most important factors that influence your breast milk immune system. These factors include exercise, stress and nutrition. To boost the immune system of the breast milk and subsequently the immune system of the breast-fed infant, the breast-feeding mother should be encouraged to exercise moderately, avoid stress and have a healthy nutrition.