Nutritional, lifestyle, and weight control practices of professional jockeys

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 791-799

  Dolan, Eimear ^a   O'Connor, Helen ^b   McGoldrick, Adrian ^c   O'Loughlin, Gillian ^c   Lyons, Deirdre ^d   Warrington, Giles ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Turf Club   (Ireland)

^d Coaching Ireland ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Horse racing; Jockeys; Nutritional analysis; Weight control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORSE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ATHLETES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HORSES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; SPORTS; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957627966     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.560173     Document Type: Article

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