Ep161: Margo Mountjoy IOC consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency (REDs)

January 25, 2024
Margo Mountjoy (MD, PhD, CCFP, FCFP, FACSM, Dip Sport Med.) received her medical education and her family medicine training at McMaster University, Canada and her sports medicine specialty degree in Ottawa, Canada.  Margo received her PhD from the VU University in Amsterdam. Margo was the medical and scientific lead at the Health & Performance Centre at the University of Guelph where she focussed her practice on promoting elite athlete care. In addition, Margo has acted as the national team physician for Synchro Canada for 20 years as well as for the National Endurance Training Centre Athletes (middle- and long-distance track athletes) and the National Triathlon & Wrestling team training centres. 

Margo is a Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Family Medicine in the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada where she is the Dean of the Waterloo Regional Campus.

Margo is the Chair of the ASOIF Medical Consultative Group and a member of the IOC Medical Commission Games Group. She works with the following International Federations:  FIFA, World Rugby, and the International Golf Federation. Margo’s areas of research focus on elite athlete health and well-being.  She is the lead author of the IOC consensus statements on REDs.

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IOC consensus statement on Relative Energy Deficiency (REDs)
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