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T1 Nutrition-related considerations for health and performance in female basketball players: a narrative review
A1 Miguel Ortega, Alvaro
A1 Calleja González, Julio
A1 Mielgo Ayuso, Juan
K1 Basketball
K1 Women
K1 Nutrition
K1 Health
K1 Team sport
K1 Deportistas--Nutrición
K1 Athletes--Nutrition
AB Basketball is a popular team sport worldwide. Nutrition is one of the key aspects forthe optimization of performance and subsequent recovery. Female athletes have unique nutritional requirements as a result of daily training and competition, in addition to the specific demands of gender-related physiological changes. However, inadequate, or erroneous nutritionalbehaviours are commonly observed. Thus, the aim of our work is to provide concise nutritionalrecommendations for female basketball players. Based on a review of the literature, there islimited evidence that comprehensively assesses health attributes as well as behaviours, habits,and nutritional knowledge of physical activity by gender in basketball players. Recent researchhighlights the need for nutritional strategies to develop tools to help manage energy deficiencyin women’s sports. We suggest that individual adjustment of dietary energy value is the keyfactor in the physical performance of female basketball players; information that could be usedto optimize the training process and health maintenance. The recommended intake for athletesinvolved in moderate levels of training, such as elite basketball players (2-3 h/day for 5-6times/week), is 50-80 kcal·(kg·day)-1, with specific recommendations of 1.6-1.8 g·(kg·day)-1protein. For physically active women, it is recommended that 1.2-2 g·(kg·day)-1 of protein beconsumed, with fat intake of 20-35% of total kilocalories and 5-8 g·(kg·day)-1 of carbohydrateto adequately meet performance demands.
PB The Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
SN 2186-8131
YR 2023
FD 2023-04
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/12106
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/12106
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 19-sep-2026