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Vol.4, No.10, 873-880 (2012) Health /10.4236/health.2012.410133 Comparison of nutritional intake in US adolescent swimmers and non-athletes 1 1* 2 3 Andy C. Collins , Kenneth D. Ward , Bridget Mirza , Deborah L. Slawson , Barbara S. McClanahan4, Christopher Vukadinovich5 1Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Memphis, Memphis, USA; * Corresponding Author: kdward@ 2Memphis, USA 3College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, USA 4Department of Health and Sport Sciences, The University of Memphis, Memphis, USA 5Department of Epidemiology Cancer Control, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, USA Received 11 August 2012; revised 9 September 2012; accepted 20 September 2012 ABSTRACT demands (25% to 100% higher compared to non-swimmers) that must be matched by a balanced diet to optimize physi- Swimming is a very popular sport among ado- cal performance [2-4]. Given that adolescence is a time lescents in the US. Little is known about the diet of increased nutritional demands to meet growth, as well of competitive adolescent swimmers in the US as a time when nutritional adequacy often dissipates [5], but data from other countries indicate several maintaining a balanced dietary intake may be especially inadequacies, including excessive intake of fat problematic for adolescent swimmers.