| Dietary supplementation of high-performance Canadian athletes by age and gender. | |
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PMID: 17993788 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine dietary supplementation practices and opinions, preferred means for dietary supplement (DS) education, and antidoping opinions among elite Canadian athletes varying in age and gender. DESIGN: A descriptive, cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Elite athlete training centers in Calgary, Canada and surrounding area. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 582 high-performance athletes (314 male, 268 female). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: High-performance athletes representing 27 sports with a mean age of 19.96+/-3.91 years completed a validated questionnaire assessing DS practices and opinions by recall. Sport categories included varsity, Canadian Sport Centre Calgary (CSCC), and National Sport School (NSS). RESULTS: There was extensive DS use, with 88.4% of participants taking>or=1 DS (mean of 3.08+/-1.87 DS per user) during the previous 6 months. Overall, sport drinks (22.4%), sport bars (14.0%), multivitamins and minerals (13.5%), protein supplements (9.0%), and vitamin C (6.4%) were most frequently reported. Older athletes were significantly more likely to report greater DS usage; to be advised by teammates, health food store retailers, and magazines; to prefer supplementation education via individual interviews; to claim awareness of anti-doping rules; and to perceive anti-doping compliance. Relative to gender, significant differences were observed for the types of DS reported; supplementation advisors; justifications for DS use; and awareness of anti-doping regulations. CONCLUSIONS: Utilization of this validated and reliable questionnaire has the potential for broad use and provides insight into the factors that influence DS use in elite athletes. |
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Kelly Anne Erdman; Tak S Fung; Patricia K Doyle-Baker; Marja J Verhoef; Raylene A Reimer |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine Volume: 17 ISSN: 1050-642X ISO Abbreviation: Clin J Sport Med Publication Date: 2007 Nov |
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Created Date: 2007-11-12 Completed Date: 2008-02-14 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9103300 Medline TA: Clin J Sport Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 458-64 Citation Subset: IM |
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Faculty of Kinesiology, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. |
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Adolescent Adult Alberta Attitude to Health Canada Cross-Sectional Studies Dietary Supplements / utilization* Doping in Sports / statistics & numerical data Female Humans Male Sports* |
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