Nutritional monitoring improves eating habits among athletes
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https://doi.org/10.52521/nutrivisa.v12i1.14970Keywords:
eating habits scale; Brazilian Food Guide; sports nutrition; athletes; nutritional assessment.Abstract
To evaluate dietary practices and associated factors among athletes from different sports. The Dietary Practices Scale was applied to athletes from different sports and from different regions of Brazil. Mann-Whitney, Student's t-test and linear regression models were used to evaluate differences between groups and the association of dependent variables with EPA scores. A total of 114 athletes from 16 sports were evaluated, 52.6% of whom were female. The average score on the Dietary Practices Scale (EPA) by the athletes was 45.96 points. Female athletes had a higher final score on the scale compared to male athletes (47.28 vs 44.44; Cohen's d = 0.31; P<0.05). The variable “having nutritional monitoring” was associated with total EPA (p<0.001) and for dimensions 1 and 2 (p<0.001 and p<0.05). Athletes who have nutritional monitoring have an average increase of 5.9 points in the final score, 3.7 points in the dimension 1 score and 2.1 points in the dimension score in relation to individuals who do not have nutritional monitoring. Monitoring with a nutritionist is associated with better eating practices among athletes, mainly in domestic organization and planning.
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