The effect of trainers' nutritional knowledge levels on nutrition habits of children athletes in a sports club: A cross-sectional study

This study aims to determine the knowledge level of trainers on athlete nutrition and investigate the effect of knowledge level on the nutrition habits of 10-18 year-old child athletes . The research sample consists of nine trainers working in Karşıyaka Sports Club Youth Basketball Setup and male athletes affiliated with them. Nine trainers and 121 child athletes aged 10-18 participated in this descriptive and cross-sectional study. The nutritional habits of athletes are the dependent variable. The basic independent variable is the level of trainers' knowledge on athlete nutrition, evaluated using the "Nutrition for Sport Knowledge Questionnaire." Other independent variables are the athletes' and trainers' socio-demographic characteristics . The data was collected through the face-to-face interviews with the questionnaire forms prepared separately for athletes and trainers. In the analyses, quantitative methods were used by SPSS 17.0.