Impact of Nutrition Education and Whey Supplementation on Body Composition and Endurance Performance of Athletes

Summary

Objectives of study are:

* Examining the influence of nutrition education/counseling on overall dietary protein consumption.
* Change in body composition parameters (body mass in kg, BMI kg/m2, fat mass(kg), fat free mass(kg), skeletal muscle mass(kg), percent body fat ) measured by InBody-270 analyzer over 5 weeks.
* Change in maximal oxygen consumption assessed using the Rockport Fitness Test after 5 weeks of supplementation.

20 participants will be randomly assigned to whey or placebo (maltodextrin) group. Pre and post-analysis will be done for body composition, nutrition knowledge and dietary assessment and maximal oxygen consumption. Along with supplementation during week 2-6, individualized nutrition education with food logging will be provided with their programmed training. Changes in body composition (body mass in kg, BMI kg/m2, fat mass(kg), fat free mass(kg), skeletal muscle mass(kg), percent body fat) using In Body Composition Analyzer, maximal oxygen consumption using Rockport Fitness test (1 mile test), protein intake and nutrition knowledge using Nutrition for Sports Knowledge Questionnaire will be assessed.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

whey protein

10 out of 20 participants will be randomly added in this group after initial consent in which they will be fully informed about all benefits, risks, and discomforts of this investigation. Screening process will include (1) subjects of age 18-30 years of age; (2) subjects should be free of any recent history of illnesses, musculoskeletal problems, and metabolic diseases; (3) are not using any supplements and medications; and (5) participated in ≥5 training sessions/week.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

maltodextrin

10 out of 20 participants will be randomly added in this group after initial consent in which they will be fully informed about all benefits, risks, and discomforts of this investigation. Screening process will include (1) subjects of age 18-30 years of age; (2) subjects should be free of any recent history of illnesses, musculoskeletal problems, and metabolic diseases; (3) are not using any supplements and medications; and (5) participated in ≥5 training sessions/week.

BEHAVIORAL

nutrition education

Nutrition for sports knowledge questionnaire will be used to assess the pre-nutrition education and post-nutrition education knowledge of athletes. Nutrition education will be given using evidence based nutrition education hand-outs and one-on-one counselling for each athlete in which they will be guided about sources of high biological value protein sources to meet daily protein requirement. Dietary intake will be monitored using 3 day food record method during 2-6 weeks of supplementation. Food logs will be filled out by participants during each weeks to monitor their protein intake. Three food logs (2 weekdays \[Mon-Thurs/Tue-Fri\] and 1 weekend day \[Sat/Sun\]) will be submitted by each subject every week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore - Pakistan

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• waqas ahmad · Associate Professor

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

30 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-01-01

Primary Completion

2025-03-22

Completion

2025-04-01