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Rash, CL, et al. "Nutrition-related knowledge, attitude, and dietary intake of college track athletes." Sport Journal 11.1 (2008): 1-8. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. This article is about research that was conducted on 113 track athletes from two NCAA Division I schools. Each athlete took a questioner on nutritional knowledge. Thy found that the athletes scored high on carbohydrate, vitamins and minerals, and protein questions, while scoring low on vitamins E and C. Overall the mean diet score was 84 ± 10 (M ± SD) of 110 possible. In addition to this the research also looked at the college athletes died. They found high dietary intake scores in vitamins C and A, cholesterol, saturated fat, calcium, and magnesium. They found low mean dietary intake scores were found for vitamin E, fiber, sodium, and potassium

Dunn, Debra, Lori W. Turner, and George Denny. "Nutrition Knowledge and Attitudes of College Athletes." Sport Journal 10.4 (2007): 45-52. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. This article is about research that studied the nutritional knowledge of college athletes. Despite popular belief that college athletes are well aware of nutrition, this research indicates that the nutritional knowledge of college athletes is minimal. The research was conducted on student athletes at Southern university. The student athletes were tested on of current dietary recommendations, sources of nutrients, healthy food choices, and the relationship between diet and disease processes. The research showed that majority of athletes at Southern university had healthy attitudes about eating behaviors, however had little knowledge.

Luebbers, Mat. "Many College Athletes Failing Sports Nutrition." About Swimming - for Swimming and for Swimmers, Workouts, Swimming Technique, Swimming Pools, Swimming Exercise, Olympic Swimming, Fitness Swimmers. New York Times Company, 11 Jan. 2008. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. .

Steinbach, Paul. "Food for Thought: Nutrition Education Lacking among College Athletes." Athletic Business - the Leading Resource for Athletic, Fitness and Recreation Professionals. Apr. 2010. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. .

Hargreaves, Mark."Diet, genes and exercise performance"Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition; 2003, Vol. 12, pS1-S1, 1p.EBSCO.November 22,2010. The importance of having a balanced nutrition and excercising regularly. Nutrition is a key part of exercisisng and will help proformance.

Hoogenboom, Barbara, Jennifer Morris, and Chad Morris. "Nutritional Knowledge and Eating Behaviors of Female, Collegiate Swimmers." North American Journal of Physical Therapy 4.3 (2009): 139-48. Pub Med Central. The Sports Physical Therapy Section of the American Physical Therapy Association, 2009. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. . bababababbababab

"Position of the American Dietetic Association: Individualized Nutrition Approaches for Older Adults in Health Care Communities." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 110.10 (2010): 1549-1553. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2010. This article explains the importance of the American Dietetics Association for elderly people with health care. Without the ADA most people would not know what their diets should consist. This association assessed the necessities for each persons medical condition. They consult dietitians to make sure that everyone is getting their proper needs. Without the ADA people would not be able to recognize what was necessary in order to be healthy.

Earlier studies associated the first year of college with a dramatic increase in body weight, termed the "freshman 15". However, recent studies showed that weight gain might be smaller. The purpose of this review was to evaluate the extent of observed weight/body composition changes, including factors associated with them, among students entering university. Searches were conducted for studies examining weight/body composition changes during freshman semesters. Most studies were not comprehensive in assessing numerous potential causative factors for weight gain. Methods for assessing diet, physical activity, and behavioral factors varied among studies. Weight changes were often not quantified by measures of body composition (lean/fat) to ascertain that changes were limited just to gains in fat mass. Overall, weight changes ranged from 0.7-3.1 kg, but among individuals who gained weight, the range was narrower, 3.1-3.4 kg. There may be specific groups of students with a greater predisposition for weight gain and future research should focus on identifying those groups.

The food choices students in college make, could set them up for future health problems in the future. Research has shown that food served in dorms are comparable to food served in a fastfood restraunt. Fast food is attracting to college students because of a limited budget, easy access, and peer pressure because their friends are going to eat fastfood as well. Eating fast foods may have little impact on a teen or young adult's health in the short term; but more studies are showing that a poor diet during the teen and childhood years can set a teen up for health problems later '" including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Fast food may taste good now, but could be more costly later on.

Jessri, Mahsa, et al. "Evaluation of Iranian College Athletes' Sport Nutrition Knowledge." International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism 20.3 (2010): 257-263. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. This research was conducted to help examine athletes nutritional knowledge. Instead of looking at what the athlete knows, the study examined what athletes failed to know. By recognizing what the athletes at what the athletes do not know nutritional professionals can address the athletes on those topics. They conducted their research by giving Iranian college baseball and football players a 2-part questionnaire on sports nutrition knowledge. The results of the study showed that athletes knew little about nutrition knowledge. The researchers believe that their inadequate knowledge may contribute to poor diet. Overall, this study showed that athletes did not have a well understanding of nutrition.

Delormier, Treena, Katherine L. Frohlich, and Louise Potvin. "Food and eating as social practice - understanding eating patterns as social phenomena and implications for public health." Sociology of Health & Illness 31.2 (2009): 215-228. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how eating habits and your enviornment are directly related. It explains how when you are given nutritional facts and have a support system, you will keep up with your healthy eating; but once your support system subsides you will go back to your normal routine. It also brings up how the way you were brought up to eat and what to eat influence what you eat today. All in all how your social network is related to how you eat.

Agliata, Daniel, and Stacey Tantleff-Dunn. "THE IMPACT OF MEDIA EXPOSURE ON MALES' BODY IMAGE." Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology 23.1 (2004): 7-22. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. Most of the research done with the effects the media has on body image is done with women. However, men are also greatly effected by the media. While women are told to be thinner and smaller men are told to be stronger and bigger. Women are told to loose weight and diet while men are told to be more muscular and lift weights. In the past studies have shown that women feel the pressure to be thin because of the media. What more recent studies are showing is the increase pressure that men also feel to be more muscular.

This article was about a study that was conducted on students from Herkimer County Community College. The study was a nutritional survey that was created to examine the nutritional knowledge and exercise habits of college students. In addition to this the study also took the students MBI before they took the exam. Majoirty of the 453 that students of that took survey failed to know basic knowledge of nutrition. In addition to this many of these students 40% of the students were overweight.

Burns, Robert D., et al. "Intercollegiate student athlete use of nutritional supplements and the role of athletic trainers and dietitians in nutrition counseling." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 104.2 (2004): 246-249. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. This article is about a survey that was conduct on college athletes. The survey examined the athletes supplement use, perceived efficacy of supplements, availability and use of nutrition services, and perceived nutrition knowledge of athletic trainers. The research was conducted on 236 athletes. The results showed that 88% used one or more nutritional supplements. In addition the survey all showed that majority of the athletes had nutritional class, brochures, and individual counseling available. Furthermore, 39.8% of the athletes were offered athletic trainers, 23.7% of athletes were offered strength and conditioning coaches, and 14.4% were offered dietitians . Overall this study showed that athletes are surrounded by a healthy and nutritional lifestyle.