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Journal of Nutrition and Human Health | Volume 3
May 23-24, 2019 | Vienna, Austria
Joint Event
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Nutrition and Fitness
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Nutritional supplements use in physically active Italian adults: What do they use and
how are they influenced?
Roberto Cannataro
University of Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy
N
utritional Supplements (NS) are widely used by
the athletic community despite lack of evidence to
support claims related to performance enhancement.
A thematic forum was used to gather data from Italian
athletes over the age of 18 to determine NS use, source
of NS information, and sex of the participant. Of the
participants, 92.2% were male and 7.8% were female.
Forty-one different supplements were reported and the
most commonly reported source (42%) of NS information
was the internet. The results of this study suggest that
the Italian athlete community would benefit from
education on NS from credible sources such as physicians,
nutritionists or dietitians rather than other sources in
order to guarantee that they are properly informed. This
should result in athletes being more likely to only take NS
that would most benefit their health and to help dispel
faulty advertising claims.
Speaker Biography
Roberto Cannataro gets his first master degree in chemical engineer,
spending 6 months in Wales and 1 month in Germany on stages on
biochemical reactor and nutritional supplements; then he got bachelor
degree in Nutritional Sciences and Food Technology; last he got master
degree in Human Nutritional Sciences; at present he is student at
the Medicine and Surgery Faculty of University of Magna Graecia of
Catanzaro. He works as a nutritionist in 8 different towns in Italy. He
is involved in several projects on nutritional supplements development
and characterization. He is the director of MC on nutritional supplements
and nutrition in the sport.
He is the Vice CEO of Spin-off Gala screen that works on epigenetic
molecules, particularly miRNA linked to a nutritional regimen and
sports performance.
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