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Treinadores apresentam maior conhecimento em Nutrição Básica do que em Nutrição Esportiva

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Coaches show most knowledge about basic nutrition than sport’s nutritionIntroduction. The trainers are common sources for athletes who seek nutritional orientation since they are the closest professionals to them due to their daily contact. Aim. To assess the nutritional knowledge of coaches. Matrials and Methods. All the participants (n=100) completed a nutrition knowledge test, which was composed of four categories: Food Source; Function of Nutrients; Nutrition and Physical Activity; and Supplementation. Results. The coaches obtained a percentage of overall accuracy of 55%. On the Sports Nutrition category, smaller percentage of correct answers (p<0.05) were found compared to the Basic Nutrition category. When comparing the categories, the coaches showed more knowledge about Food Sources and less about Supplementation (p<0, 05). Conclusion. The present study shows that the coaches have poor nutritional knowledge, mainly related to Sports Nutrition and more specifically about Supplementation.

Source: Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja)

Authors: Fonseca Chagas, Bárbara, Nascimento, Marcus Vínicius Santos do, Falcão Raposo, Oscar Filipe, Simões Mendes-Netto, Raquel

Institution: Universidade Federal de Sergipe

Language: English

Topic: Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior

Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics

Field: Nursing

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2548253914

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Cites: 32

Cited by: 1

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