Q&A: Does eating fat make you fat?
I received this question and pondered on it for quite some time because of a few reasons.Eating foods containing fats are important for your health, growth, development and performance.Too often I see dancers and teens cutting out fat-containing foods such as dairy, oils, creams, peanut butter and nuts, from the fear they they are "bad for you".Fearing foods will never give you the freedom you deserve.If you are in a state of needing to grow or weight restore, fats are especially important.
Functional Hypothalamic Amenorrhoea (FHA) - Information and Treatment for Dancers
The occurrence of sescondary amenorrhoea can be up to around 69% in dancers. The main cause is the intense physical training which leads to negative enrgy balance.
Even if a dancer ‘looks’ healthy, sudden increase in training or decrease in energy intake can trigger reduction in oestrogen production, leading to the loss of period.