Nutritional behaviour and beliefs of ski-mountaineers: a semi-quantitative and qualitative study

Figures & data

Fig. 1 Study flowchart

Table 1 Macronutrients: recommendations and declared pre-race consumption by the participants in races Z and A

Fig. 2 Average percentage of the daily energy intake from CHO, fat and protein. ACSM guidelines for athletes recommend that CHO should represent 50 to 70 % of the total daily energy intake, protein between 10 and 35 % and fat between 20 and 35 % [41]

Fig. 3 Comparison recommendation-reality for energy and CHO consumption. The entire column represents the recommendation (100 %) and the black part the average declared intake for all 40 subjects (in percentage of the recommendation)

Table 2 Supplementation and sports food consumption for each subject from the two race routes

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