Date of Award

2004

Degree Name

Dietetics

College

College of Health Professions

Type of Degree

M.S.

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Kelli Williams

Second Advisor

Dan Martin

Third Advisor

Mary Kathryn Gould

Abstract

A fifteen-question survey was developed to study the use of over-the counter nutrition supplements by high school athletes in eastern Kentucky. Athletic trainers from four local high schools were given one hundred permission forms and surveys. After two weeks only a small number (n=25) completed the requirements to participate in the study. The twenty-five participants consisted of male (n=15) and female (n=10). The athletes with the highest frequency of supplement use were football players (67.7%). The supplements with the highest use were protein powders (n=13) and creatine monohydrate (n=9).

Subject(s)

Dietary supplements.

High school athletes - Nutrition - Kentucky.

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