Evaluation of general and sports nutritional knowledge of recreational athletes

May 25, 2023Nutrition and health

General and sports nutrition knowledge of recreational athletes

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The mean total nutritional knowledge score among 409 recreational athletes was 50.7%, indicating an average level of understanding.

General nutritional knowledge scored an average of 62.7%, while sports nutritional knowledge was classified as poor at 45.2%.
Male participants exhibited higher scores in sports and total nutritional knowledge compared to female participants, but not in general nutritional knowledge.
Younger participants aged 18-24 scored better across all categories of nutritional knowledge than older age groups.
Participants who had previous nutritional consultations with a nutritionist scored significantly higher in all areas of nutritional knowledge.
Individuals with advanced formal nutrition education achieved substantially higher scores than those with no or intermediate education levels.

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Nutritional knowledge is one of the factors that can lead to adopting healthy eating habits and, consequently, favoring sports performance.The study aimed to assess the nutritional knowledge and its subsections general and sports nutritional knowledge of recreational athletes.A validated, translated, and adapted 35-item questionnaire was used to assess total (TNK), general-GNK (11 questions), and sports-SNK (24 questions) nutritional knowledge. The Abridged Nutrition for Sport Knowledge Questionnaire (ANSKQ) was provided online using Google Forms. Four hundred and nine recreational athletes (male: 173, female: 236, age = 32.4 ± 9.6 years) completed the questionnaire.The mean TNK (50.7%) and GNK (62.7%) scores were classified as "average" and higher than SNK (45.2%), which was classified as "poor." Male participants had SNK and TNK scores higher than females, but not for GNK. The youngest participants (18-24 years) had TNK, SNK, and GNK scores higher than other age groups ( < 0.05). Participants who reported previous nutritional appointments with a nutritionist had higher TNK, SNK, and GNK scores than those without it ( < 0.05). Those with "advanced" formal nutrition education (university students, graduate, or postgraduate in Nutrition) scored higher than those of groups "none" and "intermediate," for TNK (advanced = 69.9%, intermediate = 52.9%, and none = 45.0%, < 0.0001), GNK (advanced = 74.7%, intermediate = 63.8%, and none = 59.2%, < 0.0001), and SNK, (advanced = 67.5%, intermediate = 48.0%, and none = 38.5%, < 0.0001).Results suggest a lack of nutritional knowledge in recreational athletes, mainly those without an appointment with a registered nutritionist and formal nutritional education. Background: Aim: Methods: Results: Conclusion: p p p p p

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