Weight loss practices in Chinese national and international-level Sanda athletes
This study found the prevalence of WL is relatively low among Chinese national and international Sanda athletes, but the magnitudes are very high compared to other combat sports. Given that coaches have the greatest influence, the wider athlete support team must work cohesively with coaches to ensure that appropriate, individualized, and safe WL practices are applied.
Authors
- Reid Reale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2079-3971)
- Guilherme Giannini Artioli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8463-2213)
- Weiwei Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6694-3170)
- Anthony Weldon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5762-332X)
- Mingyue Yin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6105-8797)
- Carl Langan‐Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1120-6592)
- Yuming Zhong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9672-8067)
- Yongqiao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3810-2689)
- Nemanja Lakičević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9628-0606)
- Thomas Gee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7253-2055)
- Patrik Drid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2075-6038)
- Christopher Kirk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6207-027X)
- Mengfan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1501-9516)
- Hong Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9481-9807)
- Kai Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1403-4127)
Institutions
- Birmingham City University (GB)
- Aston University (GB)
- University of Novi Sad (RS)
- Henan University (CN)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- Shanghai University of Sport (CN)
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (RU)
- Aston Medical (France) (FR)
- The Performance Institute (US)
- China Institute of Sport Science (CN)
- Moscow State University (TJ)
- University of Lincoln (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
- Sheffield Hallam University (GB)
- Hologic (Germany) (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15502783.2025.2551216
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.66