Table 2.
Energy and macronutrient intake of athletes.
| Energy and Macronutrients | TOTAL (All Athletes) Median, Range | Gender Median, Range | Reason for Consultation Median, Range | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female (n = 18) | Male (n = 26) | Making Weight or Weight Loss (n = 26) | Weight Gain (n = 4) | Performance (n = 9) | Clinical # (n = 5) | ||
| Energy | |||||||
| kilojoules/day | 8674, 2384–18,009 | 8484, 2473–18,008 | 9369, 2384–15,175 | 8632, 2384–18,009 | 11542, 9622–14,560 * | 10798, 5953–14,908 | 7795, 2473–8091 * |
| Carbohydrate | |||||||
| g/day | 241, 68–576 | 244, 81–576 | 230, 68–512 | 239, 68–576 | 342, 208–512 | 317, 133–478 | 198, 81–258 |
| g/kg ** | 3.8, 1.0–9.0 | 4.2, 1–9 | 3.5, 0.1–7 | 3.6, 0.1–9.0 | 4.3, 4.3–6.2 | 4.8, 1.7–7.4 | 3, 1.3–4.6 |
| % TE | 50, 14–79 | 49, 35–64 | 51, 14–79 | 50, 14–79 | 49, 36–57 | 52, 36–62 | 49, 38–53 |
| Protein | |||||||
| g/day | 121, 20–276 | 109, 30–276 | 127, 20–231 | 115, 20–276 | 164, 129–232 | 120, 55–169 | 109, 30–163 |
| g/kg ** | 1.7, 0.3–4 | 1.7, 0.5–4 | 1.6, 0.3–3.0 | 1.6, 0.3–4 | 1.8, 1.7–2.1 | 1.6, 0.8–2.1 | 1.7, 0.5–1.8 |
| % TE | 21, 8–48 | 20, 8–40 | 22, 9–48 | 21, 8–48 | 23, 17–41 | 18, 10–38 | 24, 19–40 |
| Fat | |||||||
| g/day | 67, 10–138 | 65, 13–129 | 67, 10–138 | 70, 10–138 | 79, 57–91 | 74, 28–115 | 36, 13–56 |
| % TE | 24, 8–44 | 25, 17–43 | 22, 8–44 | 25, 8–44 | 22, 21–31 | 25, 16–39 | 20, 17–27 |
* Energy, kilojoules/day and reason for consultation (Kruskal–Wallis test, p = 0.047); ** n = 41 as weight unknown for three athletes; # Clinical consultations included coeliac disease, corn allergy, nut allergy, and reflux.