The Athletic Woman's Survival Guide: How to Win the Battle Against Eating Disorders, Amenorrhea, and Osteoporosis

Offers information on training, keeping mentally and physically fit, eating healthy, and developing self-confidence to help women avoid the triad of eating disorders, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis.

As physician for the UCLA Student Health Services, Carol L. Otis, MD, has worked with many women, seeing firsthand the devastating effects of the triad. She received her medical degree from the University of Southern California and currently serves as the chief medical advisor for Women’s Professional Tennis (SANEX WTA Tour). Dr. Otis was also a former assistant team physician for the UCLA varsity athletic teams and adjunct assistant clinical professor in UCLA’s Division of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Otis has worked with athletes in numerous sports, acting as physician for the Boston Marathon, Ironman World Championship Triathlon, gymnastics teams at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. She’s worked to draw awareness to female athlete issues through her position as former chairperson of the Strategic Health Initiative for Women for the American College of Sports Medicine, as well as her work with the USTA Sports Science Committee and ITF Medical Commission. Dr. Otis also maintains an extensive lecturing schedule, has published many research studies and articles on women in sports, and has appeared on the Today Show to discuss female athletes and amenorrhea. She and co-author Roger Goldingay are married and live in Los Angeles, California.Roger Goldingay, a former professional soccer player, is presently a Web designer, writer, and photographer. With his wife, Dr. Carol L. Otis, he co-authored Campus Health Guide (College Board, 1989) as well as monthly columns for Shape and Women’s Sport & Fitness. His own writing has appeared in many magazines, including Runner’s World, Men’s Fitness, and Sports Medicine Digest.