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Making Weight

Making Weight is a methodological framework within the domain of Competition Nutrition that systematically regulates an athlete’s body mass and composition through planned dietary and training interventions to meet specific weight-class requirements while optimizing performance and minimizing physiological and psychological risks.

37

Publications

1.8K

Citations

92

Authors

53

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

13

Parents

Publications

37

Patterns of weight loss and regain in wrestlers

Suzanne Nelson Steen, Kelly D. Brownell · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 1990 · 236 citations

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Making Weight: Lightweight Rowing, Technologies of Power, and Technologies of the Self

Gwen E. Chapman · Sociology of Sport Journal · 1997 · 124 citations

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Making Weight in Combat Sports

Carl Langan‐Evans, Graeme L. Close, James P. Morton · Strength and conditioning journal · 2011 · 122 citations

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Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport in Male Athletes: A Commentary on Its Presentation Among Selected Groups of Male Athletes

Louise M. Burke, Graeme L. Close, Bronwen Lundy et al. · International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism · 2018 · 121 citations

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ACSM Expert Consensus Statement on Weight Loss in Weight-Category Sports

Louise M. Burke, Joseph J. Matthews, Carl Langan‐Evans et al. · Current Sports Medicine Reports · 2021 · 113 citations

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Authors

92

  1. JP
    James P. Morton

    Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 567 citations

    9

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  2. GL
    Graeme L. Close

    Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 471 citations

    8

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  3. GW
    George Wilson

    Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 228 citations

    6

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  4. BD
    Barry Drust

    Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 157 citations

    3

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  5. DM
    Daniel Martin

    University of Lincoln, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 45 citations

    2

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Institutions

53

  1. Liverpool John Moores University

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    36 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. London South Bank University

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    186 citations

  4. Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    70 citations

  5. University of Limerick

    Limerick, Ireland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    59 citations

  6. British Horseracing Authority

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    52 citations

  7. Harokopio University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    58 citations

  8. Nottingham Trent University

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    165 citations

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Venues

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  2. The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

    JSCR · 3 publications · 79 citations

    3

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  3. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

    MSSE · 2 publications · 298 citations

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  4. JAMA

    2 publications · 113 citations

    2

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  5. The Physician and Sportsmedicine

    2 publications · 41 citations

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