Evaluation of healthy nutrition attitudes and self-perception of athletes

The main factors affecting sportive performance in athletes are accepted as genetic structure, proper training and nutrition. In this context, relational screening model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the study conducted to evaluate the healthy eating attitudes and self-perception of athletes. In the questionnaire form used to collect the research data, "Personal Information Form" was used to determine the demographic characteristics of the athletes participating in the research, "Attitude Scale on Healthy Nutrition" was used to determine the level of nutritional attitudes of the athletes and "Athlete Self Perception Inventory" was used to determine the level of self-perception. SPSS 24.0 program, which is a statistical data analysis program, was used in the analysis of the research data. As a result of the study, a positive relationship was found above average in the knowledge about nutrition sub-dimension, a moderate relationship in the emotion sub-dimension towards nutrition, a moderate relationship in the positive nutrition sub-dimension, a moderate relationship in the poor nutrition sub-dimension and a moderate relationship in the overall scale (p<0.05). As a result of the study, it was observed that athletes' healthy eating attitude scores and total scores of self-perception status were above the average. This situation is thought to be related to technological developments and athlete education status. Keywords: Sport, Nutrition, Nutrition attitude, Selfness, Self perception