Effects of Metabolic Testing Data and Education on Attitudes and Beliefs Related to Carbohydrate Intake in Adolescent Female Athletes

One 45 minute educational session on the role of carbohydrate in exercise

One 20-30 minute session. Treadmill, warm-up, then at increasing intensities for 3-minute intervals wearing a mouthpiece for measurement of respiratory gasses (oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production). Testing starts with a 3-minute warm-up at 3.4 mph, 1% grade, increasing every 3 minutes until a respiratory exchange ratio of 1.0 is reached or volitional exhaustion