@article{ref1,
title="Lifestyle characteristics in adolescent female football players: data from the Karolinska Football Injury Cohort",
journal="BMC sports science, medicine and rehabilitation",
year="2022",
author="Fältström, Anne and Skillgate, Eva and Weiss, Nathan and Källberg, Henrik and Lyberg, Victor and Waldén, Markus and Hägglund, Martin and Asker, Martin and Tranaeus, Ulrika",
volume="14",
number="1",
pages="e212-e212",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Normative values of lifestyle characteristics in adolescent female football [soccer] players may be used by clinicians and coaches to take actions because the potential important for well-being, performance on the pitch, and risk of injury. The aim was to report descriptive characteristics of lifestyle factors in adolescent female football players and potential changes over 1 year. <br><br>METHODS: We included 419 adolescent competitive female football players from 12 clubs and 27 teams (age 14 ± 1 years, range 12-17 years) and 286 were followed over 1 year. The players completed an extensive questionnaire regarding demographics, football-related factors, and lifestyle factors including tobacco consumption, alcohol use, medicine intake, eating and sleeping habits, well-being, stress, coping, and passion. Baseline data are presented for the total cohort and separately for 4 age groups (12, 13, 14, and 15-17 years). <br><br>RESULTS: 12% skipped breakfast, 8% skipped lunch and 11% used protein supplements several days per week. 16% slept less than 8 h/night, 8% had impaired sleep with daytime consequences, and 22% stated that they were tired in daily activities several days per week. 32% experienced stress some or most days/week and 24% were classified as having psychological distress. Medicine intake (23% vs. 34%), skipping breakfast or lunch several days per week (10% vs. 47% and 20 vs. 33%), tiredness (20% vs. 27%), stress (26% vs. 40%), and psychological distress (27% vs. 37%) increased significantly (P = 0.031 to < 0.001) at the 1-year follow-up. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Many adolescent female football players skip breakfast and lunch, have insufficient sleep, experience stress and are classified as having psychological distress. These factors increased over 1 year.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2052-1847",
doi="10.1186/s13102-022-00603-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-022-00603-1"
}