Affiliation(s)
1. Nutritional Health Research Center, Department of Health & Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
2. Exercise Physiology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
3. Department of Health & Nutrition, Lorestan University of Medical Science, Iran
4. Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Faculty of literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran
5. Department of Pharmacy, Arvand Branch of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
ABSTRACT
Today
it is proved that the lack of adequate nutritional knowledge leads to problems
such as obesity, overweight and increased cardiovascular diseases. However,
many obstacles such as poor financial support, lack of time and poor
nutritional knowledge can influence achievement of optimal nutrition which is
proportional to the level of the athlete’s physical activity. The purpose of
this study was to determine the level of nutritional knowledge and dietary
behavior of athletes in Khorramabad in 2013. Professional athletes of Khorramabad, Iran, with more
than one year of regular exercise and at least one course participating in
national championships competitions were studied in this cross-sectional,
descriptive-analytic study. The samples included 247 athletes aged 17-29 years.
Their nutritional knowledge and behavior were measured by the nutritional knowledge and behavior
inventory. Results: The results
showed a significant difference in nutritional knowledge of athletes by gender
and educational level; female athletes have higher nutritional knowledge than
male athletes. A gender-dependent difference was found in nutritional behavior;
despite their higher nutritional knowledge, female athletes have weaker
nutritional behavior than male athletes. However, no significant correlation
was found between BMI and nutritional knowledge and behavior of the athletes.
Moreover, findings showed that
nutritional knowledge and behavior could be significantly different in various
sports.
KEYWORDS
Sports, nutritional knowledge,
nutritional behavior, Khorramabad.
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