We Do Science - The Sports Nutrition Podcast

#134 - "Nutrition Behaviour Change for Professional Weight-Making Athletes" with Dan Martin PhD

April 04, 2020 Dr Laurent Bannock, Institute of Performance Nutrition
We Do Science - The Sports Nutrition Podcast
#134 - "Nutrition Behaviour Change for Professional Weight-Making Athletes" with Dan Martin PhD
Show Notes

Episode 134 of the Institute of Performance Nutrition's "We Do Science" podcast! In this episode, I (Laurent Bannock) discuss "Nutrition Behaviour Change for Professional Weight-Making Athletes" with Dan Martin PhD, Liverpool John Moores University, UK).


Discussion Topics Include:

  • Dietary and weight-making practices in weight-making athletes
  • Weight-cutting in the extreme life of professional jockeys
  • Exploring a multi-faceted nutrition behaviour change intervention grounded in behaviour change theory
  • An overview of the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation – Behaviour (COM-B) model and Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW) in the context of professional jockey athletes and their support network
  • A "sneak peek" into Dr Martin's own practice as a working example of how COM-B and BCW theory can be successful applied as a bespoke nutrition behaviour change intervention in "real world" practice

Key Paper(s) Discussed / Referred to:

  • Development and Implementation of a Nutrition Behaviour Change Intervention Grounded in COM-B and Behaviour Change Wheel Theory for Professional Weight-Making Athletes (not yet published)

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