Nutrition and oral health in sport: time for action

Ian Needleman^{1

2}, Paul Ashley^{1

2}, Tom Fairbrother³, Peter Fine⁴, Julie Gallagher^{1

2}, Daniel Kings⁵, Ronald John Maughan⁶, Anna Katarina Melin⁷, Michael Naylor⁸

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Oral Health and Performance, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.
² UK IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Illness and Protection of Athlete Health, London, UK.
³ Parkrun Global, London, UK.
⁴ Continuing Professional Development, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.
⁵ Aspetar, Doha, Qatar.
⁶ Sport Science Nutrition, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
⁷ Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Institute of Preventive and Clinical Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ Performance Nutrition, English Institute of Sport, London, UK.

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Ian Needleman et al. Br J Sports Med. 2018 Dec.

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. 2018 Dec;52(23):1483-1484.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2017-098919. Epub 2018 May 31.

Ian Needleman^{1

2}, Paul Ashley^{1

2}, Tom Fairbrother³, Peter Fine⁴, Julie Gallagher^{1

2}, Daniel Kings⁵, Ronald John Maughan⁶, Anna Katarina Melin⁷, Michael Naylor⁸

¹ Centre for Oral Health and Performance, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.
² UK IOC Research Centre for Prevention of Illness and Protection of Athlete Health, London, UK.
³ Parkrun Global, London, UK.
⁴ Continuing Professional Development, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, UK.
⁵ Aspetar, Doha, Qatar.
⁶ Sport Science Nutrition, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
⁷ Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Institute of Preventive and Clinical Nutrition, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ Performance Nutrition, English Institute of Sport, London, UK.

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Keywords: dentistry; eating disorder; nutrition; oral; performance.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.