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Nutrition is an extremely important factor for every person, especially those who do sports. Food provides the energy needed for growth, physical activity and other bodily functions. The needs of modern sports are increasingly including various dietary supplements in the diet of athletes. They are indispensable so that athletes can be adequately and better prepared for competitions and sports care in general. The aim of this research is to examine and determine the level of knowledge and attitudes of people from different spheres of society about the consumption of stimulants in sports. The sample of respondents consists of N = 1050 people from different spheres of society. For the purposes of this research, a survey questionnaire was constructed, which was conducted online. All data collected by the survey were processed by descriptive statistics procedures. Frequencies and percentages were calculated from the space of descriptive statistics. Out of the total number of respondents, 49.8% of respondents were engaged in recreational sports, of which a large number exercised in the gym or used to do sports. There were 25.8% of active athletes, while there were a total of 24.4% of those who do not do sports. 56.2% of respondents believe that stimulants are necessary only in professional sports. 22.7% answered that stimulants are necessary in modern sports, while 21.1% said that stimulants are not necessary in modern sports. Most respondents consume 445 proteins (43.3%) and 327 minerals (32.6%). Vitamins are used by 288 (28.7%), amino acids by 286 (28.5%), and herbal preparations by 68 (6.8%) respondents. All offered supplements are consumed by 100 (10%) respondents, while 68 (6.8%) use some other dietary supplements. 36.9% of respondents do not consume supplements at all, while daily consumers of dietary supplements make up slightly more than a quarter of respondents, 25.2% of them. As a source of information on the use of stimulants, they cite nutritionists (27.3%) in the first place, pharmacists (25.5%), doctors (21.6%), trainers (21.3%), and the media (18.3%) and some other persons (10.7%). 28.9% of them think that illicit preparations and stimulants are often used, and 18.5% do not think they are used. A total of 45.4% believe that the use of stimulants is necessary in achieving the desired sports results, while 38.8% state that stimulants are not necessary in sports. According to the answers, 15.9% of respondents do not have enough information on this topic. Knowledge and attitudes about the consumption of illicit stimulants in sports by ordinary people are generally limited, while athletes are much more familiar with this issue. However, modern dietary supplements that more and more people use as dietary supplements have shown that even people who are not in the world of sports have certain knowledge about illicit substances present nowadays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
