Impact of an Interdisciplinary Food, Nutrition and Health Education Program for adolescent Brazilian volleyball players

Abstract

A B S T R A C T ObjectiveTo evaluate the impact of an Interdisciplinary Food, Nutrition and Health Education Program on nutrition knowledge, intention to change eating behavior, and body dissatisfaction of adolescent volleyball players. MethodsThe sample consisted of 10 female volleyball players from the juvenile category of the city of Santos, São Paulo, Brazil, who participated in a program with eight monthly meetings (one discussion group followed by six educational activities and one final discussion group for evaluation). ResultsNutrition knowledge, body perception, intention to change eating behavior, eating attitudes and practices were investigated using questionnaires and discussion groups before and after the athletes' participation in ludic activities designed to address nutrition strategies for athletic performance and healthy eating, and how to deal with pressure for results and self-image. Nutrition knowledge improved from 57.0%±9.9 to 63.0%±11.8 (p=0.03) of correct answers. The mean body distortion score did not change (70.0±14.9 versus 76.5±22.4,

Effects of Nutrition Education Interventions in Team Sport Players. A Systematic Review

“…Furthermore, 276 studies were excluded based on their titles and/or abstracts. Fulltext versions of the remaining 49 studies were assessed for eligibility, with 14 studies meeting the inclusion criteria and being retained in our systematic review [22][23][24][25][26]29,30,[32][33][34][35][40][41][42]. Tables 1-4 summarize the characteristics of the 14 included studies according to the outcome variables analyzed.…”

“…Tables 1-4 summarize the characteristics of the 14 included studies according to the outcome variables analyzed. In this regard, 10 studies analyzed the impact of nutrition education interventions on eating habits [22][23][24][25][26]29,30,32,33,40], nine studies analyzed nutrition knowledge [22][23][24][25][26]32,[40][41][42], five studies analyzed body composition [22,29,30,32,33], and three studies analyzed physical performance [32,34,35] in team sport athletes. Regarding the experimental design, seven studies used single-arm designs [22,30,32,34,[40][41][42] and seven studies used double-arm designs [23][24][25][26]29,33,35].…”

“…Included studies examined a total of 683 athletes with five studies examining only male athletes [24,26,30,41,43], six studies examining only female athletes [22,25,29,32,33,40], and three studies examining male and female athletes combined [23,34,35]. Four studies examined volleyball athletes [22,29,33,40], three studies examined soccer athletes [23][24][25], two studies examined field and ice hockey athletes [41,42], one study examined handball athletes [30], one study examined basketball athletes [32], and three studies examined athletes from different team sports [26,34,35]. Finally, interventions between ten days and two seasons were applied, including from 2 to 12 educational sessions and using several delivery modalities (i.e., face-to-face, game, technological platform, workshop, comic book, and sport nutrition lessons).…”

“…In this regard, to improve eating habits by means of appropriate macronutrient and micronutrient intakes is convenient to optimize athlete performance during team sport competition, which could be assisted through nutrition education interventions. Our systematic review collated findings from 13 studies exploring the effects of nutrition education interventions on eating habits in team sport athletes, with ten studies showing total energy, carbohydrate, protein, and fat intakes and eating habits such as daily intake of fruits and vegetables as well as reporting trying to eat for performance were ameliorated in team sport athletes [22,25,26,[29][30][31][32][33]40]. Additionally, nutrition education interventions provide team sport athletes with knowledge regarding the nutritional properties of food, which could lead to consumption of varied and balanced diets that provide essential nutrients to enhance performance and recovery.…”

Individual study of anthropometric variation, energy and macronutrients intakes in Paralympic Track and Field athletes in different phases of the season

“…Nutritional educational strategies to develop the athletes' autonomy in choosing healthy food are important steps to improve athletes' diets and thus optimizing their performance [36][37][38] . Educational strategies involving an understanding of athletes´ food beliefs and practices which encourage them to focus on their own diets have been suggested as being most effective 38 .…”