Athletes and Diet

American Dietetic Association and the European Federation of the Associations of Dieticians, and sponsored by a leading multinational food manufacturer. An international panel of nutrition experts considered the effects of the timing and frequency of our eating on variables such as obesity (excessive body weight), blood glucose (sugar), blood lipids (fats), tooth decay, energy expenditure, mental performance, and sports performance. B Central to the workshop was the difficulty in measuring how people eat. Our knowledge is confused because of the various ways that researchers have reported food and fluid intake. It was noted that dietary survey work is fraught with errors. For example, people tend to under-report intakes, particularly when they want to appear to eat 'better' than they really do. The call for standardization in gathering and reporting information about the timing and frequency of food and fluid intake was a key point in the workshop summary.