Diet diversity and food quality score in male football players and healthy non-athlete controls in relation to oxidative stress biomarkers: a descriptive-analytical study.
Mahsa ZareMaede MakhtoomiFatemeh MansouriMehran NouriParvin SarbakhshMohammad Hassan EftekhariBahram Pourghassem GargariZainab ShateriPublished in: BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation (2023)
Food quality scores and dietary diversity of footballers' diets were found to be higher in comparison to the non-athletes. Furthermore, a higher FQS and DDS were associated with lower levels of oxidative biomarkers in all participants.