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SynthesisNutrients2017

Validity of Dietary Assessment in Athletes: A Systematic Review.

Louise Capling, Kathryn L Beck, Janelle A Gifford, Gary Slater, Victoria M Flood, Helen O'Connor

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 118 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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118citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07104669 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Sports Nutrition Assessment Program at the University of Alicante

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of AlicanteRan2025 to 2031Enrolled100ConditionsDiet Habit, Body Weight, Athlete FootArmsdiet, Physical activity, body composition, hydration status, health status
NCT07464899 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Anthropometric, Dietary, Exercise, and Supplementation Profile in Athletes With Disabilities (PADES)

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of AlicanteRan2024 to 2030Enrolled300ConditionsDiet Habits, Body Composition, Athlete Assessment, Sport NutritionArmsDiet, body composition, Physical activity, health status
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

118 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. How Do Male Football Players Meet Dietary Recommendations? A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  18. ORTO-Measured Orthorexia Nervosa-Related Tendencies Among Dancers Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multivariate Analysis.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026
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58 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Louise CaplingDiscipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 2141, Australia. acap7726@uni.sydney.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-8748-8202
Kathryn L BeckSchool of Sport Exercise and Nutrition, College of Health, Massey University, Auckland 0745, New Zealand. k.l.beck@massey.ac.nz.
Janelle A GiffordDiscipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 2141, Australia. janelle.gifford@sydney.edu.au.
Gary SlaterSchool of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD 4558, Australia. gslater@usc.edu.au.
Victoria M FloodDiscipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 2141, Australia. vicki.flood@sydney.edu.au.
Helen O'ConnorDiscipline of Exercise and Sport Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, NSW 2141, Australia. helen.oconnor@sydney.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dietary assessment methods that are recognized as appropriate for the general population are usually applied in a similar manner to athletes, despite the knowledge that sport-specific factors can complicate assessment and impact accuracy in unique ways. As dietary assessment methods are used extensively within the field of sports nutrition, there is concern the validity of methodologies have not undergone more rigorous evaluation in this unique population sub-group. The purpose of this systematic review was to compare two or more methods of dietary assessment, including dietary intake measured against biomarkers or reference measures of energy expenditure, in athletes. Six electronic databases were searched for English-language, full-text articles published from January 1980 until June 2016. The search strategy combined the following keywords: diet, nutrition assessment, athlete, and validity; where the following outcomes are reported but not limited to: energy intake, macro and/or micronutrient intake, food intake, nutritional adequacy, diet quality, or nutritional status. Meta-analysis was performed on studies with sufficient methodological similarity, with between-group standardized mean differences (or effect size) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) being calculated. Of the 1624 studies identified, 18 were eligible for inclusion. Studies comparing self-reported energy intake (EI) to energy expenditure assessed via doubly labelled water were grouped for comparison (

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AthletesDietNutrition AssessmentEnergy IntakeHumansReproducibility of Resultsathletesbiomarkerdietary assessmentdoubly labeled waterenergy intakeFFQfood recordsports nutritionvalidity

Identifiers

PMID29207495
PMCPMC5748763

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