Muller Susan M, Gorrow Teena R, Schneider Sidney R
Health, Physical Education, and Human Performance Department, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD 21801, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2009 Mar-Apr;57(5):513-20. doi: 10.3200/JACH.57.5.513-520.
The authors designed this study to determine if differences exist between male and female collegiate athletes' supplement use and behaviors to modify body appearance.
Collegiate athletes who participated in this study were 241 females and 210 males, aged 17 to 28 years.
Participants completed a questionnaire about the average number of times each week they performed specific supplementing, exercise, or dietary behaviors.
The authors found differences associated with gender for 9 of the 18 behaviors. Specifically, 2 of these 9 behaviors were dietary, 1 was supplementary, 3 were physique concerns, and 3 involved personal motivation for weightlifting.
Male athletes reported a higher drive for size, speed, and power, whereas female athletes were more concerned with body fat, more likely to restrict caloric intake, and more prone to consume weight loss supplements. No differences were found by gender regarding supplement use to increase body size.
作者开展本研究以确定男女大学生运动员在补充剂使用及改变体型的行为方面是否存在差异。
参与本研究的大学生运动员有241名女性和210名男性，年龄在17至28岁之间。
参与者完成了一份问卷，内容涉及他们每周进行特定补充、锻炼或饮食行为的平均次数。
作者发现18种行为中有9种存在与性别相关的差异。具体而言，这9种行为中有2种是饮食方面的，1种是补充剂方面的，3种是对体型的关注，3种涉及举重的个人动机。
男运动员表现出对体型、速度和力量有更高的追求，而女运动员更关注体脂，更有可能限制热量摄入，也更倾向于食用减肥补充剂。在使用补充剂以增加体型方面未发现性别差异。
