Adolescent athletes' use of and attitudes toward performance enhancing supplements

Abstract

Performance enhancing supplements are widely used today in the competitive
sports community. With the desire to be the best competitor, younger athletes are using
supplements. Although there is no strong evidence that supplements will benefit adolescent
athletes, this population is using supplements. The purposes of this study were to identify
male and female adolescents' frequency of supplement use, nutrition knowledge, and collect
data that will aid in the development of nutrition education materials for adolescent athletes.

Date of Award	2012
Original language	American English
Awarding Institution	Eastern Illinois University
Supervisor	Karla Kennedy-Hagan (Supervisor)