Table 5. Daily energy and macronutrient intakes for men and women athletes with binge- and restrictive-eating behaviours. Values are means (± SEM).

Men (n = 97)

Women (n = 135)

  Asympt
(n = 74)

Binge
(n = 16)

Restrictive
(n = 7)

Asympt
(n = 110)

Binge
(n = 10)

Restrictive
(n = 15)

Energy

kcal

2503 (1111)

2471 (240)

2102 (362)

2083 (73)

2455 (243)

2144 (198)

kcal·kg-1 BW

30.2 (1.5)

27.4 (3.2)

24.9 (4.9)

32.7 (1.3 )

40.7 (4.4)

32.0 (3.6)

Carbohydrate

% of total E

53.4 (.7) *

49.7 (1.5) †

48.7 (2.3) †

55.6 (.5)

57.3 (1.7)

55.7 (1.4)

g·kg-1 BW

4.0 (.2)

3.4 (.5)

3.0 (.7)

4.5 (.2)

5.9 (.7)

4.5 (.5)

Fat

% of total E

31.4 (.6)

32.5 (1.3)

35.4 (2.0)

28.4 (.5)

25.9 (1.6)

27.6 (1.3)

Protein

% of total E

15.6 (.3) †

17.5 (.7) *

  15.5 (1.1) *†

21.5 (.2)

16.6 (.3)

16.4 (.7)

g·kg-1 BW

1.2 (.1)

1.2 (.1)

.9 (.2)

1.3 (.1)

1.7 (.2)

1.3 (.2)
Alcohol            
g·day-1 4.8 (.4) 5.9 (.8) 6.6 (1.2) 3.9 (.4) † 6.8 (1.3) * 5.1 (.8) *†

Abbreviations: Asympt = asymptomatic, BW = body weight. * and † denote significant (p < 0.05) differences for within gender comparisons..