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Major Article

Diet quality of NCAA Division I athletes assessed by the Healthy Eating Index

, RD, PhD, LDN, , MS, , RD, PhD & , PhD, FACSM
Pages 1309-1315 | Received 10 Aug 2021, Accepted 06 May 2022, Published online: 27 May 2022

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