Nutrition Research
Volume 29, Issue 10 , Pages 736-742 , October 2009

Athletes' dietary intake was closer to French RDA's than those of young sedentary counterparts

  • Murielle Garcin

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • UDSL, EA3608, F-59790, Ronchin, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratoire d'Etudes de la Motricité Humaine, EA3608, Faculté des Sciences du Sport et de l'Education Physique, Université de Lille 2, 9 rue de l'Université, 59790 Ronchin, France. Tel.: +33 320 88 73 91.
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  • Laetitia Doussot

      Affiliations

    • Univ Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
    • UDSL, EA3608, F-59790, Ronchin, France
    • ,
  • Laurence Mille-Hamard

      Affiliations

    • Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne, F-91025, Evry Cedex, France
    • ,
  • Veronique Billat

      Affiliations

    • Université d'Evry Val d'Essonne, F-91025, Evry Cedex, France

Received 11 September 2009 ,Revised 6 October 2009 ,Accepted 7 October 2009.

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☆ This study was supported by grants from a Projet Hospitalier de Recherche Clinique (no. 98/1959).

PII: S0271-5317(09)00179-1

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2009.10.004

Nutrition Research
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