To determine the nutritional intake of Canadian high-performance athletes.
Prospective survey study.
Canadian sport center athletes.
Three hundred twenty-four high-performance athletes (114 males and 201 females; mean age 21.3 +/- 13 years) from 8 Canadian sport centers participated in the study.
Subjects prospectively completed 3-day dietary records, reporting all food, fluid, and supplement consumption.
Dietary records were analyzed for total calories, macronutrients, and micronutrients for food alone and food plus supplements for all subjects collectively and according to gender and competitive event.
Average daily energy intake was 2533 +/- 843 Kcal/day with males consuming more calories than females (2918 +/- 927 and 2304 +/- 713 Kcal/day, respectively; P
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