I think anybody who has any influence on the life of developing female athletes should read my book. The woman body is the body that holds records and ends up with medals around their neck at the Olympics, not child bodies. A female athlete should have space in their diet for cookies and ice cream and so should a male athlete. There is no problem. And so just support them through those changes, support them with education about nutrition for sport but not towards the name of changing what your body looks like.
International Women's Week on Intelligence Squared. Equality is no longer enough, women need equity - that's the message of former US 5000m champion, Lauren Fleshman who joins us on this episode of the podcast to speak about the vital need for the world of sport to be reimagined for women. In conversation with host Sophie Penney, sports journalist for Reuters and The Athletic, Lauren looks back at her own career to examine the damaging mental and physical effects of young women being trained in line with the physiological development of a male body, the financial realities of being a professional female athlete, and what it means to be a successful athlete.
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