Women and the Research Gap: How gender disparities in research are impacting women's health

WHOOP Podcast

English - August 24, 2022 21:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 591 ratings
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Emily Capodilupo, WHOOP SVP of Data Science & Research, and Kristen Holmes, WHOOP VP of Performance, join the podcast to discuss the perils of disregarding sex as a meaningful biological variable in research, which has implications in training, fueling, medication dosing, and so much more. Emily and Kristen discuss why there are disparities in research (3:48), how exclusion has been both systemic and practical (7:53), the role lack of research has in diagnostics and in medication dosage (13:24), how wearables are well poised to bridge the research gap (19:01), pivotal research on how exercise is beneficial to pregnant people (25:11), the impact of training and pre-sleep feeding on women (29:02), and training modulations during different phases of the menstrual cycle (32:59).

Other resources to check out:
Stacy Sims on Nutrition Differences between Men & Women
Why We Need a Title IX for Research
Pregnancy Study Shows Benefits of Exercise

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