Good nutritional practices are important for exercise performance and health during all ages. Athletes and especially growing children engaged in heavy training have higher energy and nutrient requirements compared to their non-active counterparts. Scientific understanding of sports nutrition for the young athlete is lacking behind the growing number of young athletes engaged in sports. Most of...

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Approximately 400 000 students participate in US high school cheerleading annually, including 123,386 involved in competitive spirit squads. The degree of athleticism and the difficulty of cheerleading skills have increased in recent decades, renewing safety concerns. This study describes the epidemiology of high school cheerleading injuries and compares cheerleading i...

Abstract Objective High rates of concussion in sex-comparable sports have been reported at the high school (HS), however, research examining and time loss, middle (MS) is limited; therefore, we investigated loss (TL) MS sports. Methods Concussion athlete exposure (AE) data was collected for all sponsored events a metropolitan public-school division between 2015/16–2019/20. AE defined as one par...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of the female athlete triad (disordered eating, menstrual irregularity, and low bone mass) among high school athletes. DESIGN Observational cross-sectional study. SETTING High school. PARTICIPANTS Female athletes (n= 170) representing 8 sports were recruited from 6 high schools in southern California. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Disordered eating and menst...

More than ever, many young athletes are being encouraged to train intensely for sporting competitions from an early age. Compared with studies in adults, less is known about the physiological trainability of adolescents. The velocity of physical growth during the adolescent years makes research with a group of young athletes particularly difficult. The purpose of this review is to discuss a num...

The young athlete who engages in exercise and sport has distinct health benefits. However, the dangers associated with participation in sports at a young age are high. Cupisti et al. [1] reported that 30 % of adolescents have experienced some form of back pain and this is a frequent complaint among young athletes, especially in girls. The spine, in the youth athlete, is still in the development...