Abstract
Nutrition information from in Six journals published from 1992 to 1996 about athletes was examined.
Articles about food and nutrition that appeared in the journals were written by dietitians, medical doctors, professors, coaches and so on. The contents of the articles were classified into twenty-one groups which contained information about nutritious food, nutrient balance, conditioning, fatigue reduction its. Most of the descriptions about nutrients and their functions were as popular as those described in textbooks for high school students, and some were specific ally related to exercise physiology.In some articles the authors described nutrirent allowances but no information about their sources.
A few authors mentioned supplements of energy, protein, vitamin, calcium and iron supplementation.
