Dietary practices and supplement use among CrossFit® participants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

CrossFit® is a popular high-intensity functional training program. CrossFit® participants may practice popular diets or consume dietary and sports supplements to support their health or physical pursuits, but the specific dietary and supplement practices of CrossFit® participants remain unknown.

Methods

An electronic questionnaire was developed to collect data on practice of popular diets (i.e. Paleo and The Zone Diet®), dietary and sports supplement use, reasons for practicing a diet or using supplements, sources of information on diets and supplements, and various beliefs associated with nutrition among CrossFit® participants.

Results

Of the 2,576 complete responses (female 51.9%, male 48.1%, age 39.4 ± 11.1 years, body mass index 26.1 ± 3.9 kg/m²

SUBMITTER: Brisebois M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9261745 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature