No effect of weight cycling on the post-career BMI of weight class elite athletes

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Marquet, Laurie Anne ^a   Brown, Morgan ^a,b   Tafflet, Muriel ^a,c   Nassif, Hala ^a,b   Mouraby, Rémy ^a,b   Bourhaleb, Samir ^b   Toussaint, Jean François ^a,d   Desgorces, François Denis ^a,b  

^a Sorbonne Paris Cité   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

BMI; Elite athletes; Post career; Weight cycling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SPORT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETIREMENT; SPORTS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84878099519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-510     Document Type: Article

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