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Burke, LM, Slater, GJ, Matthews, JJ, Langan-Evans, C and Horswill, CA (2021) ACSM Expert Consensus Statement on Weight Loss in Weight-Category Sports. Current Sports Medicine Reports, 20 (4). pp. 199-217. ISSN 1537-890X
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Abstract
Weight-category sports are defined by the requirement of a weigh-in before competition to provide performance equity and reduced injury risks by eliminating size discrepancies. Athletes in these sports try to gain a theoretical advantage by competing in weight divisions that are lower than their day-to-day body mass (BM), using a combination of chronic strategies (body-fat losses) and acute manipulations over a period of hours to days before weigh-in ("making weight"). Strategies to support safer practices include minimal competition weight classification based on preseason body composition, reductions in the period between weigh-in and competition, and prohibition of unhealthy weight loss techniques. At an individual level, expert guidance by a sports nutrition professional can help an athlete to establish a pragmatic and long-term approach to BM management, recognizing the nuances of their sport, to achieve favorable outcomes for both health and performance.
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| Additional Information: | This is the Accepted Version of: ACSM Expert Consensus Statement on Weight Loss in Weight-Category Sports which can be found in the Journal Title Current Sports Medicine Reports: April 2021 - Volume 20 - Issue 4 - p 199-217 doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000831 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Sport Sciences; NEUTROPHIL PHAGOCYTIC-ACTIVITY; BODY-MASS MANAGEMENT; COMBAT SPORTS; CERTIFICATION PROGRAM; PROFESSIONAL JOCKEYS; COLLEGIATE WRESTLERS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE; ENERGY RESTRICTION; FLUID BALANCE; Humans; Weight Loss; Consensus; Sports; Consensus; Humans; Sports; Weight Loss; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences; Sport Sciences |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TX Home economics > TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports |
| Divisions: | Sport & Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2022 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2022 13:01 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000831 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/17789 |
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