Wisconsin minimum weight program reduces weight-cutting practices of high school wrestlers

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-31

  Oppliger, Robert A ^a   Landry, Gregory L ^b   Foster, Sharon W ^b   Lambrecht, Ann C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Madison Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulimia; Eating behaviors; Wrestlers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; COMPETITION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WRESTLING;

EID: 0031975014     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199801000-00007     Document Type: Article

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