Nutrition Knowledge of Collegiate Athletes in the United States and the Impact of Sports Dietitians on Related Outcomes: A Narrative Review. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • In the last decade, the number of full-time registered dietitians (RDs) serving intercollegiate athletes in the United States has more than quadrupled. However, many student athletes may be at increased risk of nutrition-related problems that impact physical and academic performance, which include inadequate macronutrients, inadequate micronutrients, and excessive macronutrients. This narrative review reports the current literature to date on nutrition-related knowledge in collegiate athletes and the impact of sports RDs on student athletes' nutrition knowledge and behaviors. To date, only observational and quasi-experimental studies have been published with regard to changes in nutrition knowledge and behaviors in NCAA athletes. While these studies report benefits of the RD as a member of the interdisciplinary student athlete support team, more well-designed randomized control trials are warranted to determine benefits related to health outcomes and sport-specific performance outcomes.

published proceedings

  • Nutrients

altmetric score

  • 6.65

author list (cited authors)

  • Riviere, A. J., Leach, R., Mann, H., Robinson, S., Burnett, D. O., Babu, J. R., & Frug, A. D.

citation count

  • 11

complete list of authors

  • Riviere, Aaron J||Leach, Rae||Mann, Haleigh||Robinson, Samuel||Burnett, Donna O||Babu, Jeganathan R||FrugĂ©, Andrew Dandridge

publication date

  • May 2021

publisher