The Underweight Female
- 18 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Physician and Sportsmedicine
- Vol. 8 (12) , 55-60
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.1980.11948666
Abstract
Thin is in—but are underweight women healthy? These researchers categorize three types, ranging from sedentary malnourished women to lean athletes who often have menstrual irregularities.Keywords
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