The present study aims to investigate the degree of knowledge about nutrition and dietary habits in athletic women through validated questionnaires and to evaluate a possible impact on their menstrual function, including women with a diagnosis of functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) and women who present with a different menstrual dysfunction (oligomenorrhea or polymenorrhea in absence of organic causes).
Female sex
Age 16-30 years
Physical activity > 2 days per week
Informed consent from the patient and/or an authorized legal representative
Menstrual disorders of organic cause (ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids, polyps, etc.)
Concomitant non-reproductive organic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, etc.)
Use of psychopharmacological therapies
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