Dietary Intake and Supplement Use in Competitive Women Bodybuilders.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Women bodybuilders use extreme diets, dietary supplementation, and training regimes to sculpt their physiques. Women's participation in bodybuilding competitions has increased since the 1980s. Currently, studies on their dietary intake and supplement use are limited. Their dietary intake may be of poor quality and low in several micronutrients, while supplement use appears to be omnipresent. Thus, the aim of this study was to examine and compare the dietary intake, supplement use, and diet quality of in-season and off-season women bodybuilders. (2) Methods: In a cross-sectional design, we compared dietary intake, supplement use, and diet quality between seasons in women bodybuilders (n = 227). An online questionnaire was developed, validated, and administered to asse

SUBMITTER: Haubenstricker JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10458719 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature