Measuring Athletes' Perception of the Sport Nutrition Information Environment: The Adaptation and Validation of the Diet Information Overload Scale among Elite Athletes
| Autor: | Sándor Soós, Orsolya Tompa, Anna Kiss, Ágoston Temesi, Zoltán Lakner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Male Scale (ratio) Sports Nutritional Sciences media_common.quotation_subject Applied psychology Nutritional Status factor analysis information overload Structural equation modeling Article Cronbach's alpha Perception Surveys and Questionnaires Humans TX341-641 Reliability (statistics) media_common Nutrition and Dietetics biology Athletes Nutrition. Foods and food supply Reproducibility of Results sport nutrition environment biology.organism_classification Adaptation Physiological Information overload Test (assessment) Diet Cross-Sectional Studies preventive behavior Female Psychology Factor Analysis Statistical Food Science Sports |
| Zdroj: | Nutrients Volume 13 Issue 8 Nutrients, Vol 13, Iss 2781, p 2781 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
| Popis: | The exponentially growing quantity of nutrition information creates a new situation and challenge for every stakeholder, from athletes, coaches and nutritionists to policymakers. To measure the perception of the information environment related to healthy eating, the diet information overload scale was developed. The scale consists of eight items, measuring the perceived importance of pieces of information overload on Likert-type scales. The objective of the study was to test the applicability and validity of the diet information overload scale among athletes. A cross-sectional validation study was conducted with elite athletes (n = 177). To validate each item of the scale, we applied Cronbach’s alpha test, and the inner consistency of the scale was analyzed with linear correlation coefficients of the different variables. To evaluate the relationship between question groups, we applied factor analysis. The different fit indices showed a good fit to the model the Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) value was 0.09 and the Tucker–Lewis index (TLI) value was 0.84. The indicators of reliability (α based upon the covariances = 0.81) produced suitable results thus, the sport nutrition information overload scale showed high reliability and applicability. Based on the sport nutrition information overload scale, further analysis could be carried out on how to optimize the content of key pieces of sport nutrition-related information. |
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