Dietary assessment methods that are recognized as appropriate for the general population
are usually applied in a similar manner to athletes, despite the knowledge that sport-specific …

This review suggests that there is little or no effect of elevating pre-exercise muscle glycogen
contents above normal resting values on a single exhaustive bout of high-intensity exercise …

The B-vitamins (thiamin, ribofavin, vitamin B-6) are necessary in the energy-producing
pathways of the body, while folate and vitamin B-12 are required for the synthesis of new …

Objective: To assess the nutritional knowledge and attitudes of the female collegiate cross-
country runner. Awareness of the deficient areas of nutritional knowledge, important in …

Training and nutrition are highly interrelated in that optimal adaptation to the demands of
repeated training sessions typically requires a diet that can sustain muscle energy reserves …

Besides those already acknowledged, persons too numerous to identify individually have
influenced my career. To all who have participated in developing the sports sciences at the …

Nutrition knowledge is believed to influence nutritional intake, which in turn influences
performance in elite athletes. There is currently no published data on the nutrition …

Compared with the limited capacity of the human body to store carbohydrate (CHO),
endogenous fat depots are large and represent a vast source of fuel for exercise. However …

A heavy schedule of training and competition can lead to immunosuppression in athletes,
placing them at a greater risk from opportunistic infections, particularly those affecting the …

Adequate nutrition is critically important for the achievement of the adolescent athlete's
optimal performance. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the adequacy of …