Qualifications
You will be invited to participate in screening procedures if you meet our eligibility requirements. This determination can take place by filling out our on-line survey (which can be found on this website under “Procedure for Volunteering”), by phone (416-946-8707), or by booking a meeting on-site.
To be included in this study you must:
- Be between the ages of 18 and 35 years
- Be in good health
- Be free of any chronic illness, including hyperprolactinemia,
thyroid, or metabolic diseases
- Regularly menstruating or no menstrual period for at least 3 months
- Participate in aerobic and/or resistance training for at least 2-3 hours per week
- Not be taking any form of hormonal therapy for at least 6 months, including oral contraceptives (ie. “the pill”)
- Be at least 5 years from your first menstrual cycle
- Be weight stable
- Not smoke
- Not be pregnant or planning a pregnancy during the course of the study
- Not consume medications or dietary supplements that are
incompatible
with measuring hormones or metabolism
- Not be currently diagnosed with a clinical eating disorder or
other clinical psychiatric disorder