🚨 New publication in Science and Medicine in Football 🎉
What’s helping – or hindering – sport nutritionists from delivering world-class support in elite football?
This qualitative study explores the barriers and enablers to implementing the UEFA Consensus Statement on Nutrition, drawing on insights from 12 lead practitioners across the English Premier League.
Using the COM-B model and Theoretical Domains Framework, we highlight:
✅ Challenges in changing player dietary behaviours
✅ Doubts about the science and practicality of carb and body comp targets
✅ Limited time and support for CPD
✅ Calls for greater service autonomy
✅ Gendered challenges for female practitioners in male football
👥 Research team: Stephanie Roe, Susan Backhouse, Dr. Meghan R N Bentley
📄 Read the full paper here:
https://lnkd.in/eDUCDTc9