Background: to develop sport-specific and effective dietary advice, it is important to
understand the dietary intakes of team sport athletes. This systematic literature review aims …

Background Competitive bodybuilders are well known for extreme physique traits and
extremes in diet and training manipulation to optimize lean mass and achieve a low body fat …

Objective The commensal microbiota, host immunity and metabolism participate in a
signalling network, with diet influencing each component of this triad. In addition to diet …

Implementation of a nutrition programme for team sports involves application of scientific
research together with the social skills necessary to work with a sports medicine and …

Background Adequate nutrient intake is important to support training and to optimise
performance of elite athletes. Nutritional knowledge has been shown to play an important …

Purpose: This study examined the body composition, nutritional knowledge, behaviors,
attitudes, and educational needs of senior schoolboy rugby players in Ireland. Methods …

Abstract Brazier, J, Antrobus, M, Stebbings, GK, Day, SH, Callus, P, Erskine, RM, Bennett,
MA, Kilduff, LP, and Williams, AG. Anthropometric and physiological characteristics of elite …

Athletes require sufficient nutrition knowledge and skills to enable appropriate selection and
consumption of food and fluids to meet their health, body composition, and performance …

Rugby League is a high-intensity collision sport competed over 80 min. Training loads are
monitored to maximize recovery and assist in the design of nutritional strategies although no …

The aims of this investigation were to compile evidence on substance-use-and-misuse
(SUM) and to identify factors related to potential-doping-behaviour (PDB) in rugby union …