Nutrition assessment of horse-racing athletes

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-264

  Cotugna, Nancy ^a   Snider, O Sue ^a   Windish, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b University Medical Center at Princeton   (United States)

Author keywords

Eating habits; Jockeys; Nutrition assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPORT; STATISTICS; TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATHLETES; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956127444     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-010-9306-x     Document Type: Article

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