#REDS (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport): time for a revolution in sports culture and systems to improve athlete health and performance

Affiliations

• ¹ Divisions of Sports Medicine and Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA kathryn.ackerman@childrens.harvard.edu.
• ² Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
• ³ Canadian Sport Institute, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• ⁴ Department of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
• ⁵ Musculoskeletal Physiology Research Group, Sport Health and Performance Enhancement Research Centre, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
• ⁶ Author, Consultant, Olympian, Past-President of the Association of Applied Sport Psychology, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
• ⁷ Professional Runner, Bronxville, New York, USA.
• ⁸ Professional Runner and Olympian, Athlete Advocate, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
• ⁹ Professional Runner, Athlete Advocate, Bend, Oregon, USA.
• ¹⁰ Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• ¹¹ IOC Medical Commission Games Group, Lausanne, Switzerland.