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Nutritional status and weight making practices of professional male South African mixed martial arts fighters
Background - Weight category combat sport athletes, including mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters, often 'make weight' or 'cut weight' to fight in lower weight divisions. Common weight-making practices include restriction of food and/or fluid intake and intentional fluid loss/sweating (e.g. sauna). …
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THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF AN INDUSTRY SPECIFIC NUTRITION-EDUCATION PLATFORM IN PROFESSIONAL HORSERACING
Professional horseracing is a weight-making sport whereby the jockey athlete is required to ‘make weight’ to compete. Cultural practice promotes use of weight making approaches that have a negative effect on health. Despite the emergence of an evidence-based jockey diet that facilitates health and …