Jiménez-Casquet, .J.; Conde-Pipó, J.; Valenzuela-Barranco, I.; Rienda-Contreras, R.; Olea-Serrano, F.; Bouzas, C.; Tur, J.A.; Mariscal-Arcas, M. Nutrition Status of Female Winter Sports Athletes. Nutrients2023, 15, 4472.
Jiménez-Casquet, .J.; Conde-Pipó, J.; Valenzuela-Barranco, I.; Rienda-Contreras, R.; Olea-Serrano, F.; Bouzas, C.; Tur, J.A.; Mariscal-Arcas, M. Nutrition Status of Female Winter Sports Athletes. Nutrients 2023, 15, 4472.
Jiménez-Casquet, .J.; Conde-Pipó, J.; Valenzuela-Barranco, I.; Rienda-Contreras, R.; Olea-Serrano, F.; Bouzas, C.; Tur, J.A.; Mariscal-Arcas, M. Nutrition Status of Female Winter Sports Athletes. Nutrients2023, 15, 4472.
Jiménez-Casquet, .J.; Conde-Pipó, J.; Valenzuela-Barranco, I.; Rienda-Contreras, R.; Olea-Serrano, F.; Bouzas, C.; Tur, J.A.; Mariscal-Arcas, M. Nutrition Status of Female Winter Sports Athletes. Nutrients 2023, 15, 4472.
Abstract
Eating disorders, especially restrictive eating, are common among female athletes. There are two main types of winter sports, those that are practised outdoors on snow (-25 to +5ºC and 2500 m), such as alpine skiing or snowboarding, and those that are practiced indoors on ice (5-10º C at low altitude), such as figure skating and ice hockey. The aim of this research was to identify the nutritional status and potential risk of female athletes practising winter sports considering the altitude of training. The sample was composed of 58 women (aged 19.81 years (SD: 12.61) who were competitors in some winter sports. Anthropometrics and nutritional variables were taken. Statistically significant differences were found between groups for all the characteristics except thigh skinfold and neither group had an EI that matched their TEE. Both groups met at least 2/3rd of the RDI for all minerals and vitamins, except iodine, fluorine, vit D, E and retinol. This study suggest that female winter sports athletes have insufficient energy, vitamin and mineral intake that can be worsened by altitude.
Keywords
female athletes; winter sports; nutrition; altitude; body composition
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Food Science and Technology
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