BACKGROUND Appropriate dietary intake can have a significant influence on athletic performance. There is a growing consensus on sports nutrition and professionals working with athletes often provide dietary education. However, due to the limitations of existing sports nutrition knowledge questionnaires, previous reports of athletes' nutrition knowledge may be inaccurate. METHODS An updated qu...

OBJECTIVE The study aimed to test the reliability of a nutrition questionnaire and to assess potential associations between nutrition knowledge, food consumption and lifestyle behaviours, controlling for sociodemographic factors. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Comprehensive school in the municipality of Butera, a rural area of Sicily, South Italy. SUBJECTS The survey was conducted...

Whereas nutrition has a crucial role on sport performance, it is not clear to what extent nutrition knowledge is associated with physical fitness. The aim of this study was to examine the current level of nutrition knowledge of soccer players and whether this level is associated with physical fitness. Soccer players (n = 185, aged 21.3 ± 4.9 yr, weight 72.3 ± 8.4 kg, and height 177.5 ± 6.4 cm) ...

THE EFFECT OF A 4-WEEK INTERVENTION ON GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS IN ADULTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES BY FOOD SECURITY STATUS by Rachel Silva Background: Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) face many challenges in selfmanagement of their current disease state. Nutrition education has been identified as a key component in managing metabolic control in individuals diagnosed with T2D. The p...

Nutrition knowledge and skills enable individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) to make food choices that optimise metabolic self-management and quality of life. The present study examined the relationship between nutrition knowledge and skills, and nutrient intake in T2DM. A cross-sectional analysis of diabetes-related nutrition knowledge and nutrient intake was conducted in 124 T2DM individuals...

The aims were to examine change in nutrition and physical activity knowledge, self efficacy and attitudes in a cohort of 23 teachers and 304 year 5 and 6 children after the “Healthy Active Kids” online program and to assess any behavioral change in children’s self reported nutrition and physical activity behaviors and investigate the predictors of nutrition knowledge gain in teachers and childr...

AIM An exploratory qualitative investigation was done to determine the feeding and weaning practices, knowledge and attitudes towards nutrition of mothers/caregivers of children up to 3 years old attending baby clinics in the Moretele district (South Africa). METHODOLOGY Qualitative data collection on six relevant nutrition topics was done using focus group interviews. Trained moderators, usi...

conclusions the significant improvement in the experimental group’s mean knowledge, hbm structures , and behavior scores indicates the positive effect of the intervention. background using various models of behavior change, a number of studies in the area of nutrition education have confirmed that nutrition habits and behaviors can be improved. objectives this study sought to determine the effe...

Tne aiuhors propose a conceptual model of the use of nutrition labels and on-pac.kage claims. Knowledge, perceived diet effectiveness, health status, and skepticism toward claims are all hypothesized to be significant in explaining the tise of package claims and nutrition labels. Results from a preliminary investigation of the relationships among these constructs sho-v that a person's perceptio...

OBJECTIVES Previous reports have indicated that physicians generally have little training in nutrition and a poor knowledge of the subject. A survey was carried out to determine the nutrition knowledge of physicians working in general practice. METHODS A questionnaire with multiple-choice questions was mailed to 248 physicians working in Alberta, Canada, mainly in Edmonton and Calgary. Non-re...