Eastern Michigan University
Influence of sports drink taste preference on consumption in adult recreational soccer players
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Sports drinks provide nutrients that improve athletic performance. This study investigated whether a preference in taste leads to an increased consumption of a sports drink prior to and after an endurance event in athletes. Male amateur soccer players (n=16) first participated in a blind sensory evaluation to determine their taste preference for two (designated as Drink A and Drink B) similarly flavored sports drinks. Subjects were divided into two groups based on their taste preference for either drink. They then participated in 9 soccer matches and were presented with either Drink A, Drink B, or water (3 trials each) before and after matches. Volumes of drinks voluntarily consumed were measured and averaged. Both groups consumed similar amounts of either Drink A or Drink B, before and after matches. Taste preference for a drink did not influence the amount of a sports drink that athletes consumed pre- or post- exercise.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science (MS)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Open Access Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Health Sciences
- Year dc:date.available
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Molavi, Kiarash
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Anahita Mistry, Ph.D, Chair
- Emily Edison, M.S., R.D.
Subjects
dc:subject × 6Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://commons.emich.edu/theses/652
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-2031