
Title of the project: Integrators and nutraceuticals in physical activity and sports: deficiencies, use, marketing and their recognition by the sports community in our country
Program: National Research and Development Program 2024-2025, National Agency for Scientific Research and Innovation (AKKSHI)
Duration: 18 months
Start date: 2024
End date: 2026
Summary:
Project scope
Investigation, research and treatment in a holistic, comprehensive manner and based on academic, scientific and professional knowledge, of the issues of the level of use, the nature of supplements by the physically active community in our country, the assessment of the level of knowledge about them, the impact of associated factors and the impact of trade and marketing policies on their inappropriate use by this community.
Project objectives
- Investigation and assessment of the degree, level and types of supplements used by groups involved in physical activity and sports in our country.
- Analysis and identification of inadequacies of some nutritional indicators necessary for musculoskeletal health in subjects who perform regular physical activity and sports.
- Assessing the level of awareness of integrators/nutraceuticals by the fitness/sports community (including gyms, UST students, sports clubs) and their awareness of misuse, abuse and adverse effects.
- Familiarizing the academic and scientific community and interest groups with the data obtained and analyzed within the project and opening a scientific academic debate regarding them.
Coordinator: University of Sports Tirana
Partnerë: Catholic University “Our Lady of Good Counsel”; University of Durres “Aleksandër Moisiu”
Contact person: Prof. Asc. Silvi Bozo [email protected]
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