Nutrition-related considerations for health and performance in female basketball players: a narrative review
Álvaro Miguel-Ortega,
Julio Calleja-González,
Juan Mielgo-Ayuso
Abstract:Basketball is a popular team sport worldwide. Nutrition is one of the key aspects for the optimization of performance and subsequent recovery. Female athletes have unique nutritional requirements as a result of daily training and competition, in addition to the specific demands of gender-related physiological changes. However, inadequate, or erroneous nutritional behaviours are commonly observed. Thus, the aim of our work is to provide concise nutritional recommendations for female basketball players. Based on… Show more
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