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The effects of long-term ‘low energy availability’ in exercising men may include susceptibility to anxiety and depression.
Men who train a lot and are consistently using more calories than they take in, or who deliberately eat less than they need in order to lose weight, are putting themselves at risk of mental ill health, according to the preliminary findings of research at Lincoln University’s School of Sport and Exercise science. The study found links between low energy availability in men who take regular exercise, and what they describe as a complex and interlinked ‘psychological warzone’.