Expert calls for better supports around menstrual health in youth sports

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A leading researcher on sport, gender, and menstrual health says that youth sports coaches have to educate themselves about periods.

Studies show that girls drop out of organized sport at more than twice the rate that boys do, especially at the onset of adolescence. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

"And then c), we need to do the things that we can that are within control of coaches and program leaders to better support them to keep them playing." "I think that's probably a big enough goal. If we can get to that in the next five years, that would be really powerful." A spokeswoman for WAGE Canada said that although there is not yet a program to distribute menstrual products through sports organizations, Food Banks Canada is looking into how to best get them to people who can't afford them.

Hormones change throughout the cycle, impacting the physical, emotional and mental health of all people who menstruate. Authorities searched forests, waterways and small towns Thursday for a U.S. Army reservist who they say killed 18 people and wounded 13 in a mass shooting at a bowling alley and a bar that sent panicked patrons scrambling under tables and behind bowling pins and gripped the entire state of Maine in fear.

 

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