Background Nutritional intake plays an important role in determining energy availability which is vital to health, wellbeing, and sports performance in an active population. This research assessed the sports undergraduates' nutritional intake compared to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and nutrition goals provided by WHO. Methods This study is a quantitative, cross-sectional descriptive study. One hundred and one (n = 101) sports undergraduates aged between 20 to 23 years were recruited and the nutrient intake was assessed using the three-day food diary method and quantified the macro and micronutrients by the food composition database. One sample t-test was performed to compare the mean nutrient intakes with the lowest recommendation values. Results Though most undergraduates were able to meet the dietary requirements in carbohydrates, they were deficient in their protein intake and exceeded in fats intake. Further, both male and female students were deficient in their daily energy intake (1723 kcal, 1607 kcal) and dietary fiber intake (8 g, 11 g). The saturated fat intake was met by all students while 20% of males and 21% of females exceeded the recommendations (< 10%). The micronutrient intake of vitamins such as C, B1, B2, B9, and B12 and minerals such as Calcium, Magnesium, and Potassium, were significantly below the recommendations (p < 0.05) except for vitamin B3 niacin. Conclusions Providing a nutritionally valuable meal is essentially required to maintain both physical and mental fitness. Our results revealed that the Sri Lankan sport science undergraduates do not have an adequate daily dietary intake of energy, proteins, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and vitamins such as C, B1, B2, B9, and B12.
BACKGROUND Nutritional intake plays an important role in determining energy availability which is vital to health, wellbeing, and sports performance in an active population. This research assessed the sports undergraduates' nutritional intake compared to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and nutrition goals provided by WHO. METHODS A total of one hundred and one (n = 101) sports undergraduates aged between 20 to 23 years were recruited and the nutrient intake was assessed by the three-day food diary method and quantified the macro and micronutrients by the food composition database. RESULTS Though most undergraduates were able to meet the dietary requirements in carbohydrates, they were deficient in their protein intake and excess in fats intake. Further, both male and female students were deficient in their daily energy intake (1723kcal, 1607 kcal) and dietary fiber intake (8 g, 11 g). The fat intake as saturated fat was met by all students’ intake a 20% of males and 21% of females was higher than the recommendations (< 10%). The micronutrient intake of vitamins such as C, B1, B2, B9, and B12 and minerals such as Calcium, Magnesium, and Potassium, were significantly below the recommendations (p < 0.05) except for vitamin B3 niacin. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that Sri Lankan sports undergraduates do not have an adequate daily intake of energy, proteins, and micronutrients. Hence, it is recommended that the students must be provided with proper nutritional guidance and further increase their accessibility to cafeterias and food outlets that provide nutritionally valuable meals which are essentially required to maintain both the physical and mental fitness of the students.
New media is a term meant to encompass the emergence of digital, computerized, or networked information and communication technologies in the later part of the 20th century. Most technologies described as "new media" are digital, often having characteristics of being manipulated, networkable, dense, compressible, interactive, and impartial. The internet is known as a kind of global meeting place where people from all parts of the world can come together and share information. According to Henson, Reyns, and Fisher, they define "Cyber-crime refers to any illegal activity that occurs in the virtual world of cyberspace". This research studied the Sri Lankan cyber-crime and legal background about cyber-crime. In this research, it studied selected cases relating to cyber-crime in Sri Lanka. The authors examined the situation, evidence. In Sri Lanka, there have been four main acts which used in prevention of cyber-crime. Content analyzed these acts. In Sri Lanka, there is a challenge in preventing cyber-crimes. The growth of network-based crime has raised difficult issue in respect of appropriate balance between the needs of those investigating and prosecuting such crime, and the rights of users of such networks.Increasing the awareness about new media literacy is one way to minimize cyber-crime. Also, Sri Lankan legal system needs to be modified. Keywords: cyber space, cyber-crime, internet, new media, lawThe advancement of technology such as the internet has provided individuals and organizations with a means to both commit new types of crimes and adopt new methods of committing traditional street crimes. From online identity theft to cyber-stalking to viruses, millions of people worldwide are affected by online deviant behavior every day.The origins of the internet can be traced back well over several decades to the early 1960s. Originally developed for military and educational applications, interlinked computer networks were designed to allow individuals and working groups to store and share information quickly and efficiently. The internet is based on single technical standards that allow global communication. This has the advantage of allowing the globalization of internet services (such as Facebook, Google, Yahoo, and others) that are operated in one country but can be accessed by users from all over the world. The internet has become important for daily life, education, work, and participation in society. A large majority of households and individuals make use of it today. Internet usage increased gradually all over the world. In 2000, 360,985,492 people used internet. At that time, 1,386,188,112 people in Asia used internet. In 2014, those values increased a lot. Currently, an estimated
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