Objective: Compared to non-athletic adolescents, the nutritional needs of athletes, especially swimmers with intensive training programs, are significantly increased. Therefore, an adequate and balanced diet is important to support their performance and growth. As adolescents are generally supported by their parents in food selection, preparation, and access to food, parents' nutritional knowledge is a factor that influences their diets. Material and Methods: This is an interventional study with pre-post measurements to evaluate the effect of sports nutrition education provided to parents on adolescent athletes' nutritional knowledge and dietary habits. Initially, the athletes were administered a demographic information form, food frequency questionnaire and nutrition knowledge questionnaire. After data collection, nutrition education was given to the parents of the athletes. Six weeks after the education, the questionnaires were readministered to the athletes. Sixty volunteer adolescent competitive swimmers and their parents participated in the study. Results: There was a statistically significant increase in the consumption of foods such as buttermilk, eggs, pulses, nuts, vegetables, fruit, bread, and water (p<0.05). There was also a statistically significant increase in both general and sports nutrition knowledge (p<0.05). Conclusion: This study showed that parental education has a positive effect on the dietary habits and nutritional knowledge of adolescent athletes.
Keywords: Sports nutrition; nutritional knowledge; swimmers; nutrition education
Amaç: Sporcuların, özellikle de yoğun antrenman programı olan yüzücülerin beslenme ihtiyaçları, sporcu olmayan adölesanlara göre önemli ölçüde artmaktadır. Bu nedenle, performanslarını ve büyümelerini desteklemek için yeterli ve dengeli bir diyet önemlidir. Adölesanlar genellikle yiyecek seçimi, hazırlanması ve yiyeceklere erişim konusunda ebeveynleri tarafından desteklendiğinden, ebeveynlerin beslenme bilgisi diyetlerini etkileyen bir faktördür. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışma, ebeveynlere verilen sporcu beslenmesi eğitiminin adölesan sporcuların beslenme bilgisi ve beslenme alışkanlıkları üzerindeki etkisini değerlendirmek için ön-test ve son-test ile yapılan girişimsel bir çalışmadır. Başlangıçta sporculara demografik bilgi formu, tüketim sıklığı ve sporculara yönelik beslenme bilgisi ölçme anketi uygulanmıştır. Veriler toplandıktan sonra sporcuların ebeveynlerine beslenme eğitimi verilmiştir. Eğitimden 6 hafta sonra anketler sporculara tekrar uygulanmıştır. Çalışmaya 60 gönüllü adölesan yarışmacı yüzücü ve ebeveynleri katılmıştır. Bulgular: Ayran, yumurta, bakliyat, kuru yemiş, sebze, meyve, ekmek ve su gibi gıdaların tüketiminde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir artış görülmüştür (p<0,05). Hem genel hem de sporcu beslenmesi bilgisinde de istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir artış olmuştur (p<0,05). Sonuç: Bu çalışma, ebeveyn eğitiminin adölesan sporcuların beslenme alışkanlıkları ve beslenme bilgileri üzerinde olumlu bir etkisi olduğunu göstermiştir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Sporcu beslenmesi; beslenme bilgisi; yüzücüler; beslenme eğitimi
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