Nutritional supplements use in high-performance athletes is related with lower nutritional inadequacy from food

• Main Authors: Mónica Sousa (Author), Maria J. Fernandes (Author), Pedro Carvalho (Author), José Soares (Author), Pedro Moreira (Author), Vitor Hugo Teixeira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The use of nutritional supplements (NS) among athletes is widespread. However, little is known about the relationship between nutritional adequacy and NS usage. The aims of this study were to evaluate the NS usage and to compare the nutritional intake from food and prevalence of micronut...