The Power of Enough - Eating Enough to Support an Active Life

Date & time
17 October - 7 November 2026

Event format

Attend event in person

Event type

Pop up stall with video/resource materials

Event topic

Health and wellbeing

Audience

Young People, Adults

Academic discipline

Venue

Maiden Castle Wellbeing Park Foyer, Durham

What's on offer?

There will be a pop up exhibition featuring resources, useful tips, posters and flyers for the duration of the festival. The exhibition will be staffed on the dates/times below to give people the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the topic.

Wednesday 21st October 0700-1230

Saturday 24th October 0830-1230

Wednesday 4th November 1200-1600

What's it about?

Low energy availability (LEA) is when you do not eat enough to support the activity and exercise you are doing and it leaves your body without enough energy to run optimally. If you are in this state for a long time you can develop Relative Energy Deficiency in sport (REDs) which is a cluster of negative health and performance outcomes that can impact lots of your body's systems. It could impact bone health, recovery, training benefits, reproductive health and mean you are more likely to get injured or find it hard to recover from illness. This topic will focus on the things to look out for and how to make sure your body has enough energy for your active life while having enough leftover for health.

Who's leading the event?

Lindsay Macnaughton, Associate Professor of Sport Nutrition and Sport Nutritionist will be working with the staff from the Sport and Physical Activity Team from the Student Experience Directorate.

Open to

All

Of particular interest to

General public users of the Maiden Castle Sport and Wellbeing park. These individuals will include independent gym users, members of community sport and exercise groups and members of the public attending fitness classes and using the facilities. It may also include parents of young people using the space.