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Nutritional strategies of high level natural bodybuilders during competition preparation

A. J. Chappell1 Food and Nutrition Group, Sheffield Business SchoolSheffield Hallam UniversityHoward StreetS1 1WBSheffieldUKCorrespondence[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3999-9395

T. Simper1 Food and Nutrition Group, Sheffield Business SchoolSheffield Hallam UniversityHoward StreetS1 1WBSheffieldUK

M. E. Barker1 Food and Nutrition Group, Sheffield Business SchoolSheffield Hallam UniversityHoward StreetS1 1WBSheffieldUK

Article: 4 | Published online: 01 Apr 2022

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