Navigating Nutrition Beyond Elite Sport: A Qualitative Exploration of Experiences After Retirement
Ebeney K Whillas, Joel C Craddock, Kelly Lambert, Carmen Mannucci · 2025
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Ebeney Whillas and co-authors published a 2025 study on how retired elite athletes learn to eat after sport. While competing, athletes follow strict, performance-driven food routines. Retirement removes the structure and the purpose at once. Many struggle with eating habits and body image in the gap. The team interviewed former Australian athletes who had competed at national level or higher.
Sixteen retirees, recruited through networks and word of mouth, described their transition in semi-structured interviews. Analysis sorted their accounts into themes: how prepared they felt, what blocked healthy eating, and what helped. The study gives voice to a phase sports systems rarely support: the years after the last competition. Its findings can guide retirement programs that treat nutrition as part of the exit, not an afterthought. The authors stress listening to athletes themselves when designing that support.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ebeney K Whillas, Joel C Craddock, Kelly Lambert, Carmen Mannucci |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |