Sports/energy drinks consumption among young athletes in Kano, Nigeria
| Autor: | HS Adegbusi, U Huzaifa, I M Ahmad, H T Kabara, I Yunusa, RS Abdulkadir |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Consumption (economics)
Food intake biology Athletes Energy (esotericism) Sport drinks consumption adolescents young adults athletes Football biology.organism_classification Environmental health General Earth and Planetary Sciences Alcohol intake Food science Psychology human activities General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Bayero Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences; Vol 6, No 2 (2013); 1 – 5 |
| ISSN: | 2006-6996 |
| DOI: | 10.4314/bajopas.v6i2.1 |
| Popis: | Little is known about the prevalence and motives of sport drinks use among adolescents and young adult athletes who exercise on regular basis in most football and other games pitches. Therefore, the current study was performed to assess information regarding the use of sport drinks among 440 athletes (23.5±4.62 years of age) in Kano Nigeria. Data were collected using a selfadministered, structured and pretested questionnaire. The results indicated that the frequency of sport drinks consumption was higher among male athletes and in those who did not have breakfast on a regular basis, ever smoked cigarettes and drank alcoholic beverages compared with their female counterparts. Athletes who had ‘ever’ tried a sport drink were significantly higher (p |
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