Exploring General and Sports Nutrition and Food Knowledge in Elite Male Australian Athletes

The mean nutrition knowledge score of 46 elite male Australian Football players was 74.4%.

• Participants answered 123 questions across five areas of nutrition knowledge.
• The highest average score was in the sports nutrition section, with 61.7%.
• 98% of athletes identified the dietitian as their primary source of nutrition information.
• Most athletes correctly understood recommendations for increasing fruit and vegetable intake (95.6%) and reducing fat intake (91.1%).
• Only 35.6% and 24.4% of athletes correctly identified food sources of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, respectively.
• Gaps in specific nutrition knowledge were observed despite overall strong understanding of broad recommendations.

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