Brief Reports
Nutrient Intake during Training and Working Days among Female Lacrosse Athletes
2020 Volume 78 Issue 1 Pages 37-46
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2020 Volume 78 Issue 1 Pages 37-46
Objective: This study aimed to educate adult athletes not belonging to a corporate team about proper nutrient intake. Physical activity and nutrient intake during working days were compared with those during training days among female lacrosse athletes.
Methods: Participants comprised 13 adult female lacrosse club S team players (age: 25.9 ± 2.6 years). Parameters measured and investigated included body constitution and composition, nutrient and energy intake for two training days and two working days measured using the weight recording method and photographic recording method, and energy consumption for two training days and five working days.
Results: Energy consumption was approximately 400 kcal higher on training days than on working days (training day: 2,437 ± 201 kcal; working day: 2,000 ± 160 kcal; p < 0.001). However, no difference in energy intake was observed. Carbohydrate intake per body weight (p = 0.009) and protein–energy ratio (p = 0.021) was lower on training days than on working days. Training day meals did not compensate for the increase in energy consumption.
Conclusion: Our results suggest that female adult athletes need to increase their carbohydrate and protein intake with each meal without skipping meals to prevent the decrease in carbohydrate intake per body weight and protein–energy ratio on training days.
