Determination of the nutritional knowledge and behaviors of elite table tennis players and coaches

In this study, the impact on nutrition and general health of the athlete and sports recalling that an important factor that improves the performance. With this aim this study carried out, to measure nutrition knowledge dietary habits of the elite table tennis athletes and coaches, and to determine the detection and differentiation of several variables .Scanning model study, the three-part data collection tool for measuring dietary habits and nutritional knowledge questionnaire was applied to 94 athletes and 44 coaches. Frequency and percentage scores were administered from data obtained from the demographic characteristics of participants and the questions on nutrition knowledge and eating habits. In addition, , in order to understand whether there is a difference in nutrition information, dietary habits between athletes and coaches the independent two sample t test" was applied. When the demographic characteristics of respondents to the infrastructure problems were examined; To determine the differences among nutritional knowledge and habits according to gender, educational status, according to being a national athlete status, and regular sports activities Independent Samples Test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and ANOVA were applied.As a result, information of diet and habits of the participants according to gender and education variable is not a significant difference, but the nutritional information for coaches and athletes affected by the status of a national player of the participants prefer eating dry beans, while more than a week, training and exercise their choice of foods that contain protein, carbohydrate, fat and sugar-containing products are stand-offish, however, they do not need vitamin-mineral supplements or protein have been identified. Research group also specified that during recovery period after sport activity the foods rich in carbohydrate should be consumed and last meal should be 3 hours before the trainin or competition also they belive that nutrition has the effect on sport achivement