Elite athletes in aesthetic and Olympic weight-class sports and the challenge of body weight and body composition

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Sundgot Borgen, Jorunn ^a   Garthe, Ina ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dieting; elite athletes; energy availability; fatigue; weight control

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTHETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; SPORT; STANDARD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIET, REDUCING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTHETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPORTS; THINNESS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84859609042     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.565783     Document Type: Article

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