RT Journal
A1 Hursh LM
T1 FOod and water restriction in the wrestler
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 1979
FD March 2
VO 241
IS 9
SP 915
OP 916
DO 10.1001/jama.1979.03290350035018
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1979.03290350035018
AB The present practice in wrestling of "making weight" is hazardous to the health of growing young men, primarily because competitors lose too high a percentage of body fat. The Tcheng-Tipton-Clarke method should be used to control food restriction, while observation of specific gravity of urine should be used to control fluid restriction and hydration.(JAMA 241:915-916, 1979)