Evaluation of a Practice-oriented Recovery Program for Female Endurance Athletes With Relative Energy Deficiency

The participants will get access to an online platform where the FUEL recovery program will be initiated with session 1 immediately after baseline testing and the athletes are requested to follow the lectures lead by highly experienced sports dietitians for the respective weeks. Every other week for 16 weeks (8 sessions in total) participants will be offered individual nutrition counselling (one intervention group) by highly experienced sports nutritionists in each country, based on Motivational Interviewing, the individual's environmental and biological prerequisites, and the Transtheoretical Model, focusing on the individual's readiness to act on a new healthier behavior

The participants will get access to an online platform where the FUEL recovery program will be initiated with session 1 immediately after baseline testing and the athletes are requested to follow the lectures lead by highly experienced sports dietitians for the respective weeks.