ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
How Sports Health Professionals Perceive and Prescribe Nutritional Supplements to Olympic and Non-Olympic Athletes.
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- Development of a screener to assess athlete risk behavior of not using third-party tested nutritional supplements.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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- Perspectives and practices of nutritionists on dietary supplements for elite soccer teams: a cross-sectional survey study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Prevalence of adulteration in dietary supplements and recommendations for safe supplement practices in sport.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
- Nutritional priorities, practices and preferences of athletes and active individuals in the context of new product development in the sports nutrition sector.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundA wide range of sports health professionals provide nutritional supplement advice. We aimed to better understand the expertise, knowledge, and attitudes of sports health professionals toward nutritional supplements and third-party supplement testing.
methodsA web-based questionnaire was used to ask questions about nutritional supplement knowledge and attitudes toward the Dutch third-party supplement testing system (NZVT), about supplement efficacy, and if professionals advise these supplements, as well as which profession can be deemed the expert on nutritional supplements.
resultsA total of n = 320 sports health professionals delivered input, of which 45% worked with Olympic athletes and 18% were sports dietitians. Sports dietitians were ranked as the most knowledgeable professionals about sports nutrition (80%) and nutritional supplements (74%), and a literature-based comparison showed the most favorable knowledge, attitudes, and ergogenic classifications of supplement scores for sports dietitians compared with other sports health professions. Sports health professionals working with Olympic athletes scored similar but slightly lower trends on self-reported knowledge, attitude and third-party supplement testing than sports dietitians but substantially better than professionals not working with Olympic athletes.
conclusionSports dietitians are seen as the absolute expert on supplements by other sports health professionals, with professionals working with Olympic athletes reporting similar trends, and other sports health professionals do have lower self-reported knowledge and preferred attitudes toward effective and safe use of dietary supplements.
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