Gym Members Show Lower Nutrition Knowledge than Youth Engaged in Competitive Sports.

IF 3.4 4区医学 Q2 NUTRITION & DIETETICS

Journal of the American College of Nutrition Pub Date : 2021-07-01 Epub Date: 2020-08-06 DOI:10.1080/07315724.2020.1792375

Patrizia Calella, Francesca Gallè, Valeria Di Onofrio, Pasqualina Buono, Giorgio Liguori, Giuliana Valerio

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Abstract

Objective: Adolescents may be vulnerable to misleading nutritional information and adopt unhealthy food habits. In addition, specific features related to physical training, either aimed to improve fitness or to comply with sport demands, may influence food habits of the youth. This cross-sectional study was aimed to compare nutrition knowledge, food habits and adherence to Mediterranean diet in youth engaged in fitness training, competitive sports or inactive.

Methods: Three questionnaires, the General and Sport Nutrition Knowledge (GeSNK) questionnaire, a food habit questionnaire and the KIDMED were administered to gym members, athletes engaged in volleyball, long-distance swimming, and gymnastics, and inactive adolescents.

Results: The total sample included 211 youth (age 16.8 ± 1.7 years). Gym members, like the inactive youth, had lower general and sport-related nutrition knowledge compared to athletes (p = 0.001). In the whole sample, general nutrition knowledge was positively associated with healthy food habits (p < 0.01) and adherence to the Mediterranean diet pattern (p < 0.02).

Conclusions: Gym members had a level of nutrition knowledge lower than young athletes and similar to inactive youth. Healthy food habits were related with nutrition knowledge among adolescents. Specific nutritional education programs are needed to address food habits in fitness settings.

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与从事竞技体育的青少年相比，健身房会员的营养知识水平较低。

目的:青少年可能容易受到误导的营养信息和采取不健康的饮食习惯。此外，与体能训练相关的特定特征，无论是为了提高体能还是为了满足运动需求，都可能影响年轻人的饮食习惯。这项横断面研究的目的是比较营养知识，饮食习惯和坚持地中海饮食的年轻人从事健身训练，竞技运动和不运动。方法:对健身房会员、排球运动员、长距离游泳运动员、体操运动员和不爱运动的青少年进行一般与运动营养知识(GeSNK)问卷、饮食习惯问卷和KIDMED问卷调查。结果:共纳入211例青年(年龄16.8±1.7岁)。与运动员相比，健身房会员和不爱运动的年轻人一样，对一般营养和运动相关营养的了解程度较低(p = 0.001)。在整个样本中，一般营养知识与健康饮食习惯(p 0.01)和坚持地中海饮食模式(p 0.02)呈正相关。结论:健身房会员的营养知识水平低于青年运动员，与不运动青年相似。青少年健康饮食习惯与营养知识相关。需要具体的营养教育计划来解决健身环境中的饮食习惯。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of the American College of Nutrition accepts the following types of submissions: Original and innovative research in nutrition science with useful application for researchers, physicians, nutritionists, and other healthcare professionals with emphasis on discoveries which help to individualize or "personalize" nutrition science; Critical reviews on pertinent nutrition topics that highlight key teaching points and relevance to nutrition; Letters to the editors and commentaries on important issues in the field of nutrition; Abstract clusters on nutritional topics with editorial comments; Book reviews; Abstracts from the annual meeting of the American College of Nutrition in the October issue.