WADA to Hold Symposium on Nutritional Supplements
Montreal, 14 May, 2004 – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the Government of Canada, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) will organize a symposium May 30 and 31 in Montreal on nutritional supplements.
Despite warnings from sports authorities that supplements may contain prohibited substances, many athletes continue to take them regularly. In a number of countries, the production of these supplements goes unregulated and the contents in the product often differ from those advertised on the packaging. Athletes, therefore, may be inadvertently ingesting, through these supplements, products that are banned in sport competition.
Experts from around the world in supplement production, nutrition and science, as well as representatives from governments and the sports movement, will gather for two days to discuss such matters. The objective is to produce suggestions that will help solve the issue that nutritional supplements represent to the doping in sport problem and to the overall health and well-being of athletes.
For more details contact:
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Tel. : +1 514 904 9232
Fax : +1 514 904 8650
E-mail: info@wada-ama.org
Despite warnings from sports authorities that supplements may contain prohibited substances, many athletes continue to take them regularly. In a number of countries, the production of these supplements goes unregulated and the contents in the product often differ from those advertised on the packaging. Athletes, therefore, may be inadvertently ingesting, through these supplements, products that are banned in sport competition.
Experts from around the world in supplement production, nutrition and science, as well as representatives from governments and the sports movement, will gather for two days to discuss such matters. The objective is to produce suggestions that will help solve the issue that nutritional supplements represent to the doping in sport problem and to the overall health and well-being of athletes.
For more details contact:
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Tel. : +1 514 904 9232
Fax : +1 514 904 8650
E-mail: info@wada-ama.org