Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 404-411 , May 2007

Nutritional status of adventure racers

  • Ioná Zalcman, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Postgraduation Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55-11-5572-0177.
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  • Heloisa Vidigal Guarita, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Claudia Ridel Juzwiak, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Postgraduation Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Cibele Aparecida Crispim, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Postgraduation Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Hanna Karen Moreira Antunes, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Ben Edwards, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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  • Sérgio Tufik, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Marco Túlio de Mello, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychobiology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Postgraduation Program in Nutrition, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Received 2 October 2006 ,Accepted 4 January 2007.

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 This study was supported by the AFIP, Sleep Institute, CEPID/ FAPESP (98/14303-3), CEPE, UNIFESP, CENESP/UNIFESP, FADA, and CAPES.

PII: S0899-9007(07)00008-1

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.01.001

Nutrition
Volume 23, Issue 5 , Pages 404-411 , May 2007

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