Rach wrote:lots of the girls that were in the junior squad when i was were told that they should lose some weight.
So Rach confirms this - are we to believe that "lots of girls in the junior sqaud" were all over weight -
or were they being told to get underweight to improve their performance with no regard to their long term well being
surely this is the crucial point. what do the girls say? what do the coaches say?
Toni says about balanced advice - which is true - but no-one's said thet were told to put on weight.
Migsy flags up the dangers to teeneagers which is very worrying - but fully grown young women run a very real risk of damaging their fertility and later of osteoporosis by limiting their food intake over a prolonged spell.