The use of nutritional supplements among male collegiate athletes
Background: The consumption of nutritional supplements is high in various sports, whereas, there are not enough documents supporting the beneficial effects of supplements in athletes. In addition, there is no information about taking supplements by Iranian students who participate in sports. Therefo...
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| author | Leila Darvishi Gholamreza Askari Mitra Hariri Maryam Bahreynian Reza Ghiasvand Simin Ehsani Nafiseh Shokri Mashhadi Parva Rezai Fariba Khorvash |
| author_facet | Leila Darvishi Gholamreza Askari Mitra Hariri Maryam Bahreynian Reza Ghiasvand Simin Ehsani Nafiseh Shokri Mashhadi Parva Rezai Fariba Khorvash |
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| description | Background: The consumption of nutritional supplements is high in various sports, whereas, there are not enough documents supporting the beneficial effects of supplements in athletes. In addition, there is no information about taking supplements by Iranian students who participate in sports. Therefore, the goals of this study were to assess the type and prevalence of supplement use, the frequency of use, and relationships between consumption and age, body mass index, training load and type of sport.
Methods: One hundred ninety two male students from "Isfahan University of Medical Sciences" participated in this study, voluntarily. A questionnaire that included questions about type and effects of supplements, recommendation resources, place of obtaining, and type of sports were sent to students. Descriptive data were calculated as frequencies (%). Chi-square (χ2) analysis was used to analyze the correlation between supplement use and the study variables.
Results: Forty-five percent of respondents used some forms of supplements. Supplement users consumed 14 different supplements and each used as many as 1.8 ± 1.2 various supplements during the past six months. Multivitamins (64%) and vitamin C (42%) were the most popular supplements. Students, who participated in individual sports, were more likely to consume dietary supplements ( P < 0.05) and ergogenic aids ( P < 0.01), but "team sports" athletes, took more recovery nutrients ( P < 0.01). Fifty seven point five percent of student bought their products from pharmacies, 40% from "sport supplements stores" and 2.5% from their friends.
Conclusions: It can be concluded that less than half of these students consumed supplements and their information resources were inappropriate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3623351031643ea81c391b7afa587602022-12-21T20:13:25ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Preventive Medicine2008-78022008-82132013-01-014136872The use of nutritional supplements among male collegiate athletesLeila DarvishiGholamreza AskariMitra HaririMaryam BahreynianReza GhiasvandSimin EhsaniNafiseh Shokri MashhadiParva RezaiFariba KhorvashBackground: The consumption of nutritional supplements is high in various sports, whereas, there are not enough documents supporting the beneficial effects of supplements in athletes. In addition, there is no information about taking supplements by Iranian students who participate in sports. Therefore, the goals of this study were to assess the type and prevalence of supplement use, the frequency of use, and relationships between consumption and age, body mass index, training load and type of sport. Methods: One hundred ninety two male students from "Isfahan University of Medical Sciences" participated in this study, voluntarily. A questionnaire that included questions about type and effects of supplements, recommendation resources, place of obtaining, and type of sports were sent to students. Descriptive data were calculated as frequencies (%). Chi-square (χ2) analysis was used to analyze the correlation between supplement use and the study variables. Results: Forty-five percent of respondents used some forms of supplements. Supplement users consumed 14 different supplements and each used as many as 1.8 ± 1.2 various supplements during the past six months. Multivitamins (64%) and vitamin C (42%) were the most popular supplements. Students, who participated in individual sports, were more likely to consume dietary supplements ( P < 0.05) and ergogenic aids ( P < 0.01), but "team sports" athletes, took more recovery nutrients ( P < 0.01). Fifty seven point five percent of student bought their products from pharmacies, 40% from "sport supplements stores" and 2.5% from their friends. Conclusions: It can be concluded that less than half of these students consumed supplements and their information resources were inappropriate.http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2013;volume=4;issue=13;spage=68;epage=72;aulast=DarvishiNutritional supplementationstudentssport |
| spellingShingle | Leila Darvishi Gholamreza Askari Mitra Hariri Maryam Bahreynian Reza Ghiasvand Simin Ehsani Nafiseh Shokri Mashhadi Parva Rezai Fariba Khorvash The use of nutritional supplements among male collegiate athletes International Journal of Preventive Medicine Nutritional supplementation students sport |
| title | The use of nutritional supplements among male collegiate athletes |
| title_full | The use of nutritional supplements among male collegiate athletes |
| title_fullStr | The use of nutritional supplements among male collegiate athletes |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of nutritional supplements among male collegiate athletes |
| title_short | The use of nutritional supplements among male collegiate athletes |
| title_sort | use of nutritional supplements among male collegiate athletes |
| topic | Nutritional supplementation students sport |
| url | http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2013;volume=4;issue=13;spage=68;epage=72;aulast=Darvishi |
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