Impact of a nutrition education program on gymnasts perceptions and eating practices
Motriz (Online)
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26(1): e10200206, 2020. tab, graf
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
Abstract Aims:
To understand how participating in a Nutrition & Health Education program (NHEP) affected the way rhythm gymnasts and their coaches perceive their food practices.Methods:
Qualitative study portraying a case study of a NHEP specifically designed for a rhythm gymnastic team. The NHEP was conducted at the training facilities. Fourteen rhythm gymnasts, consisting of the team that represents a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, and their two coaches participated in the study. Athletes and coaches were interviewed about their perceptions and food practices before and after a 9-month NHEP designed specifically for them. Recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim. Two categories emerged from the discourses and were analyzed using the contentanalysis:
"beliefs and feeding practices" and "construction of a positive relationship with food".Results:
Athletes reported changes in their food practices related to the themes discussed with them in the NHEP, such as daily breakfast intake, higher intake of fruits, vegetables, milk products, and wholegrain foods.Conclusion:
The NHEP allowed specific demands of the athletes to be identified and addressed, generating awareness and motivation to positive changes in eating practices.
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Main subject:
Food and Nutrition Education
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Feeding Behavior
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Athletes
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Sports Nutritional Sciences
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Gymnastics
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Motriz (Online)
Journal subject:
EducaÆo F¡sica e Treinamento
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Medicina Esportiva
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Medicina F¡sica e ReabilitaÆo
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal de São Paulo/BR
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