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- Title
Supplemente, Medikamente und Doping im Freizeitsport.
- Authors
Stamm, Hanspeter; Stahlberger, Marius; Gebert, Angela; Lamprecht, Markus; Kamber, Matthias
- Abstract
The boundaries between a restrained use of nutritional supplements and drugs, their abuse and deliberate doping practices are, at best, blurred. Even though nutritional supplements are very popular in leisure sports as well as in the general population, their use has hardly been examined closely. The present article shows how often supplements, drugs and doping substances were used in performance-oriented leisure sports and how the frequency of use was linked to a number of individual and sports-practice related characteristics of athletes. Using an online-survey, about 2500 persons (73% males, 27% females) were asked questions relating to their sports activities and their use of supplements, drugs and doping substances in 2007. Further questions referred to the use and abuse of various substances. Most respondents were active in endurance sports. Only 18.5% respondents claimed never using any nutritional supplements. 32.1% consumed at least one supplement per day. Most popular were special beverages, bars, magnesium and gels. The use of these supplements increased with the increase of training efforts and the number of competitions. 35.7% were not aware whether the consumed ingredients were written on the doping list. The number of unaware respondents increased to 54.2% when they were asked the same question with respect to drugs. The use of drugs was less frequent, however, only 13.5% respondents claimed using drugs regularly - and usually the use was not related to the sport's practice. Finally, deliberate doping was not a big issue. The use of nutritional supplements, drugs and doping substances was not alarming. However, there was a marked information deficit with respect to the legality and legitimacy of ingredients suggesting some carelessness and simple-mindness with respect to the use of supplements and drugs.
- Subjects
DOPING in sports; DIETARY supplements; INTERNET surveys; DRUG abuse; POPULATION
- Publication
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin & Sporttraumatologie, 2011, Vol 2011, Issue 3, p122
- ISSN
1422-0644
- Publication type
Article