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Sports Nutrition and Food Knowledge among Malaysian University Athletes

Nor Azizam, Nur Syazana, Yusof, Siti Nurhazlin, Amon, Jonie Jerypin, Ahmad, Azimah, Safii, Nik Shanita, Jamil, Nor Aini·2022·Nutrients
DOI 10.3390/nu14030572
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Sports nutrition and food knowledge can influence athletes’ dietary intake, potentially affecting athletic performance. Limited studies have been conducted to identify sports nutrition and food knowledge among Malaysian university athletes. This study aimed to determine Malaysian university athletes’ knowledge of sports nutrition and food, and their reference sources and preferred sports nutrition education programme. Seventy athletes (52.9% females, mean weight = 61.8 kg; height = 1.66 m) aged 18.5–22.4 years responded to an online survey administered using a Google Form. A score of ≥60% was considered as adequate knowledge. The average overall knowledge score was 58.6%. The highest knowledge score was for sports nutrition, specifically food intake periodicity (84.8%), while the lowest was for general food knowledge on fat (44.6%). An analysis of specific questions revealed a lack of understanding about the recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables (only 14.3% answered correctly), the roles of vitamins and minerals in energy production (21.4%), and good sources of unsaturated fat (37.2%). The academician was the primary reference source (81%), while magazines were the least referred to sources (36%). The university athletes preferred sports camps (33%) over the other nutrition education programme options. More initiatives are needed to improve Malaysian university athletes’ understanding and knowledge of sports nutrition and general food.

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Authors
Nor Azizam, N. S., Yusof, S. N., Amon, J. J., Ahmad, A., Safii, N. S., & Jamil, N. A.
Affiliations
  • Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia
  • Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health, National Defence University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 57000, Malaysia
ORCID
Jamil, Nor Aini
Venue
Nutrients
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2022-01-28
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
572
ISSN
2072-6643
DOI
10.3390/nu14030572
Cited by
16
References
2
Language
en
Licence
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Funders
National University of Malaysia (GUP-2021-060)

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