Pre-sleep feeding, sleep quality, and markers of recovery in division I NCAA female soccer players

Casey E Greenwalt (1) , Elisa Angeles (1) , Matthew D Vukovich (2) , Abbie E Smith-Ryan (3) , Chris W Bach (4) , Stacy T Sims (5) , Tucker Zeleny (4) , Kristen E Holmes (6) , David M Presby (6) , Katie J Schiltz (1) , Marine Dupuit (7, 8, 9, 1) , Liliana I Renteria (1) , Michael J Ormsbee (1)

1 FSU - Florida State University [Tallahassee]
2 SDSTATE - South Dakota State University
3 UNC - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [NC, USA]
4 University of Nebraska–Lincoln
5 AUT - Auckland University of Technology
6 WHOOP - WHOOP
7 AME2P - Laboratoire des Adaptations Métaboliques à l'Exercice en Conditions Physiologiques et Pathologiques
8 IRMES - URP_7329 - Institut de recherche biomédicale et d’épidémiologie du sport
9 INSEP - Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance

Pre-sleep nutrition habits in elite female athletes have yet to be evaluated. A retrospective analysis was performed with 14 NCAA Division I female soccer players who wore a WHOOP, Inc. banda wearable device that quantifies recovery by measuring sleep, activity, and heart rate metrics through actigraphy and photoplethysmography, respectively-24 h a day for an entire competitive season to measure sleep and recovery. Pre-sleep food consumption data were collected via surveys every 3 days. Average pre-sleep nutritional intake (mean ± sd: kcals 330 ± 284; cho 46.2 ± 40.5 g; pro 7.6 ± 7.3 g; fat 12 ± 10.5 g) was recorded. Macronutrients and kcals were grouped into high and low categories based upon the 50 th percentile of the mean to compare the impact of a high versus low pre-sleep intake on sleep and recovery variables. Sleep duration (p = 0.10, 0.69, 0.16, 0.17) and sleep disturbances (p = 0.

Mots clés: Pre-sleep nutrition; female athlete physiology; female athlete nutrition; athlete sleep quality

Domaines: Physiologie [q-bio.TO]

Casey E Greenwalt, Elisa Angeles, Matthew D Vukovich, Abbie E Smith-Ryan, Chris W Bach, et al.. Pre-sleep feeding, sleep quality, and markers of recovery in division I NCAA female soccer players. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2023, 20 (1), ⟨10.1080/15502783.2023.2236055⟩. ⟨hal-04421018⟩