Changes in body weight, body composition, and eating attitudes in high school wrestlers

International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 424-432

  Shriver, Lenka Humenikova ^a   Betts, Nancy Mulhollen ^a   Payton, Mark Edward ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body fat and weight; Eating disorders; Wrestling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; DIET RESTRICTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WRESTLING;

EID: 68249115588     PISSN: 1526484X     EISSN: 15432742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijsnem.19.4.424     Document Type: Article

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