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Article: Sports and Nutritional Supplement Use in USMC Recruits: A Pilot Study
- Article from:
- Military Medicine
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Feb 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT Objective: This is a pilot study to describe patterns of nutritional supplement use by recruits entering the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). Methods: A survey asking USMC recruits to self-report nutritional supplement use was administered upon entry to basic training. Simple descriptive statistics and prevalence ratios were used to describe patterns of supplement use. Results: The response rate was 65%. Half of respondents reported nutritional sports supplement use at some point before boot camp. The five most commonly supplements were: protein powder (43%), postrecovery workout drinks (36%), vitamin supplements (26%), creatine (26%), and nitric oxide (16%). Conclusions: Nutritional ...