Are the Consumption Patterns of Sports Supplements Similar among Spanish Mountain Runners?
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Título: | Are the Consumption Patterns of Sports Supplements Similar among Spanish Mountain Runners? |
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Autor/es: | Jiménez-Alfageme, Rubén | Rubio-Quintanilla Puig, Noelia | Romero-García, David | Sánchez-Oliver, Antonio J. | Sospedra, Isabel | Martínez Sanz, José Miguel |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Grupo de Investigación en Alimentación y Nutrición (ALINUT) | Person-centred Care and Health Outcomes Innovation / Atención centrada en la persona e innovación en resultados de salud (PCC-HOI) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería |
Palabras clave: | Sports supplements | Mountain running | Sport nutrition | Scientific evidence | Performance |
Fecha de publicación: | 4-ene-2023 |
Editor: | MDPI |
Cita bibliográfica: | Jiménez-Alfageme R, Rubio-Quintanilla N, Romero-García D, Sanchez-Oliver AJ, Sospedra I, Martínez-Sanz JM. Are the Consumption Patterns of Sports Supplements Similar among Spanish Mountain Runners? Nutrients. 2023; 15(2):262. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15020262 |
Resumen: | Background: The use of sports supplements (SS) to improve sports performance is widespread in all types of athletes, however, the specific characteristics of mountain races may require the use of certain SS. Despite being a sport where the consumption of SS seems widespread, few studies have been conducted in this regard. The objective of this study is to analyze the pattern of SS consumption of mountain runners in relation to the degree of scientific evidence, sex, and level of competition. Methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study on the consumption and habitual use of SS of 357 federated mountain runners in Spain. Data were collected through a validated questionnaire. Results: From the total sample, 93.84% of the athletes stated that they consumed SS, with no differences observed based on the competitive level or in terms of sex; however, there were significant differences according to the competitive level in terms of the number of SS consumed, with consumption being greater at a higher competitive level (p = 0.009). The most consumed SS were sports bars (66.1%), sports drinks (60.5%), sports gels (52.9%), and caffeine (46.2%). Conclusions: The consumption of SS in mountain races is high, and the number of SS consumed is higher as the competition level increases. The four SS most consumed by the participants in this study were all included in category A in the classification of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), this category is the one with the greatest scientific evidence. |
Patrocinador/es: | This study is part of the doctoral thesis of Rubén Jiménez Alfageme and are included in the projects entitled Valoración y Análisis Dietético-Nutricional en Corredores por Montaña—COMADNU (Ref: FEDME1-21I) and “Valoración Nutricional de la Mujer en Deporte de Resistencia—VANMUD (Ref: GRE21-13A). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/130789 |
ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
DOI: | 10.3390/nu15020262 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15020262 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - PCC-HOI - Artículos de Revistas INV - ALINUT - Artículos de Revistas |
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