| Popis: |
The oral consumption of nutrition/dietary supplements is widespread in the general population and among sports people, both children and adults. Despite this, there is very little research on any aspect of dietary supplement consumption in child/youth athletes and translation of information from adult populations should be undertaken with great caution. Ethical considerations around the use of dietary supplements by child athletes are the same as those for the adult population, with the additional aspect of consideration of effects on growth and development. In spite of their popularity, it is likely that only a very small number of dietary supplements will have a beneficial effect on performance for child athletes who have no underlying nutritional deficiencies. Against this must be weighed the potential negative effects on health and performance and the possibility of inadvertent ingestion of a doping agent. |
