The Impact of a Nutritional Intervention Program on Eating Behaviors in Italian Athletes
| Autor: | Alessandra Pozzi, Emanuela Cazzaniga, Paola Palestini, Antonina Orlando, Andrea Greco, Alice Cassera, Annalisa Terenzio, Adriano Gervasoni |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Terenzio, A, Cassera, A, Gervasoni, A, Pozzi, A, Orlando, A, Greco, A, Palestini, P, Cazzaniga, E |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty Sports medicine Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Sports nutrition Article World health Food Preferences 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Athlete Environmental health Intervention (counseling) Food choice Humans Medicine Nutrition Nutritional intervention 030109 nutrition & dietetics Intervention program biology business.industry Athletes digestive oral and skin physiology Settore M-PSI/03 - Psicometria Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Feeding Behavior 030229 sport sciences Lifestyle biology.organism_classification Diet Human nutrition Italy Health Female Energy Intake business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 14 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 7313, p 7313 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18147313 |
| Popis: | A balanced diet is a fundamental component of athletes’ health, training, and performance. The majority of athletes choose adequate quantities of macronutrients but, at the same time, do not respect World Health Organization dietary guidelines, eating a lot of discretionary food and not drinking enough water. Athletes need more nutritional education to improve the quality of their food choice. By modifying their eating habits, they could also enhance their performance. Our study aimed to evaluate the impact of nutritional intervention on eating habits in a group of Northern Italian athletes. A sample of 87 athletes (41 males and 46 females) aged 16.5 ± 2.9 was enrolled. We organized meetings and detected eating habits (before and after the meetings) using a food frequencies questionnaire. We found that nutritional intervention positively affected participants consumption of vegetables (p < 0.05), nuts (p < 0.001), legumes (p < 0.001), and fish (p < 0.05). Other aspects of the athletes’ eating habits were not significantly improved. Some gender differences were found males increased their consumption of vegetables (p < 0.05) and nuts (p < 0.001), while females increased their intake of legumes (p < 0.001). Our finding suggested that nutritional intervention could promote healthy eating habits among athletes. If sports nutrition experts, coaches, personal trainers, sports medicine experts, and athletes cooperated, they could guarantee athletes’ health status. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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