ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2023
Dietary intakes and daily distribution patterns of macronutrients in youth soccer players.
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- Influence of Carbohydrate Intake on Different Parameters of Soccer Players' Performance: Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Practical Nutritional Strategies to Attenuate Physiological Stress in Adolescent Soccer Players: A Comparative Trial of CoQ10 and Taurine.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Dietary intake, nutrition knowledge, and behavior in youth team sport athletes: a scoping review and call to advance research and practice.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between dietary intake, energy availability, and recovery in young sub-elite Moroccan football players.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Article
- Nutrition as a missing piece in the development of youth male soccer players: a scoping review and future directions.Biology of sport · 2026Review
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- Optimizing Performance Nutrition for Adolescent Athletes: A Review of Dietary Needs, Risks, and Practical Strategies.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Fueling Soccer Players: A Scoping Review and Audit of Literature Related to Soccer-Specific Guidelines for Carbohydrate Intake.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Sports Nutrition Knowledge and Carbohydrate Intake in Young Male Elite Football Players: Insights from a Case Study of HNK Hajduk Academy.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Equations for smartphone prediction of adiposity and appendicular lean mass in youth soccer players.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: There has been an abundance of dietary analysis research conducted on adult male soccer players, while studies on youth players are lacking. Furthermore, the daily distribution of energy and macronutrient intake throughout the day has been reported to influence training adaptations, but this is often not considered in the literature. This study aims to quantify daily energy and macronutrient intake and assess their distribution over 5 days, and compare daily energy intakes and predicted daily energy expenditure in under-16 male soccer players. Methods: The sample included 25 soccer participants aged 14.8-15.7 years. Five-day self-reported food diaries were used to record the food/drink consumption. Intake was analyzed for total daily energy, macronutrient intakes, and distribution among meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks). Daily energy expenditure was predicted by resting energy expenditure and physical activity levels developed for youth sports participants. Results: The mean total energy intake was 1,928 ± 388 kcal∙day Discussion: Youth soccer players do not appear to meet energy requirements and daily CHO guidelines. Fluctuations in protein intake throughout the day were noted and may influence training adaptations (i.e., muscle protein synthesis and recovery).
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