Assessment of a Nutrition Education Intervention on the Nutrition Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, Habits and Anthropometric Data in Adolescent Academy Male Soccer Players
Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Adolescent obesity in the United States has been increasing since the last two decades creating detrimental effects on the health and well-being of the individual and the society.National and population-based surveys have found that adolescents often fail to meet dietary recommendations which increases the risk of chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, obesity, coronary heart diseases, certain types of cancer and stroke.In addition to allowing for optimal growth and development, proper nutrition is believed to be an important part for sports performance of young athletes.The purpose of the study was to assess the effectiveness of a nutrition education intervention on the nutrition knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, habits and anthropometric data of adolescent academy male soccer athletes.57 male athletes and members of U13, U14, U15, U17 and U19 team of the Columbus Crew Academy participated in the study.Three validated questionnaires: The Nutrition Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire, the General and Sports Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire and the Healthy Heart Score were used to measure the general and sports nutrition knowledge of the subjects.A five month-long nutrition education intervention program was implemented which aimed to improve not only the general and sports nutrition knowledge but also improve the dietary habits in these adolescent athletes.Data collected at the baseline was compared to the Chapter 3: Methodology .................................
Author: Ray, Snehaa
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7017493314