Özel bir spor kulübünde düzenli spor yapan adölesan sporculara verilen beslenme eğitiminin beslenme bilgi düzeylerine olan etkisinin incelenmesi

This study was conducted to evaluate impact of healthy nutrition education on adolescent athlete's the nutritional knowledge level and food consumption habits in Rotary 100. Year Anatolian High Schools Sports Club. 161 adolescent athletes (mean age 13.91±1.8; Women:80, Men:81) voluntarily participated in the study. Demographic Information Form, Adolescent Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire and Food Consumption Frequency Form were filled by the participants. The nutrition education was prepared on the basis of the Turkish Nutrition Guide (TÜBER-15) and the Nutrition Education Guide for Educators prepared by T.C. Ministry of Health was given to the athletes with face to face meeting. The same forms and questionnaire were applied to the participants again 2 months after the education. Statistical analyzes were made with the SPSS 22 program. No significant results were obtained between the participants age, BMI value and education level of the parents with nutritional knowledge level (p>0.05). Nutritional knowledge levels of women were obtained to be statistically significantly higher than men both before and after education (p<0.05). A statistically significant increased with the education given was found, between nutritional knowledge levels of the participants before nutrition education (29.49±7.99) and after the education (34.37±5.86) (p<0.001). After the education, statistically significant changes were obtain in the consumption frequencies of the participants for certain food groups (p<0.05). It has been determined that the frequency of consumption of food groups such as dairy products, eggs, vegetables, fruits and oil has increased, and pastry, packaged products, candy, fast-food and carbonated beverages has decreased. In addition, a statistically significant increases in the daily consumption food groups such as dairy products, legumes-nuts, vegetables, bread and cereals after the education (p<0.05). As a result of study that nutrition education has a positive effect on the increase in the nutritional knowledge of adolescent athletes and the frequency and amount of consumption foods that are considered positive to be consumed.