Question

Mona is a 20-year-old student. mona is training to be a professional gymnast. she often restricts her diet to salads and fruit juices and trains 8 hours a day because she feels she needs to control her weight to perform well in competitions. she has noticed that her menstrual cycles have become irregular. on consulting a doctor, she is informed that her bone density is low. mona's symptoms indicate that she is mostly likely suffering from _____.

Answer 1

Anorexia nervosa since she's restricting her diet and feels like she needs to control her weight, even though she doesn't have to, at least not as severely.

Answer 2

The girl is suffering from osteopenia.

The osteopenia is a condition, in which the bone mass of the person is significantly reduced. High amount of training and less intake of fats may cause a decrease in the hormone estrogen in young girls. this decrease in the hormone may lead to the irregular periods as well as decrease in bone mass, which eventually causes osteopenia. the osteopenia is a precursor of the osteoporosis, the osteopenia later, if untreated causes a further decrease in bone mass and porous bone (osteoporosis).