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| Title |
Nutritional knowledge and eating habits of professional rugby league players: does knowledge translate into practice?
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| Published in |
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, April 2022
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12970-015-0082-y |
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| Authors |
Ieva Alaunyte, John L Perry, Tony Aubrey |
| Abstract |
Adequate nutrient intake is important to support training and to optimise performance of elite athletes. Nutritional knowledge has been shown to play an important role in adopting optimal nutrition practices. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the level of nutritional knowledge and dietary habits in elite English rugby league players using the eatwell plate food categories. General nutritional knowledge questionnaires were collected during the Super League competitive season in the first team squad of 21 professional Rugby league players (mean age 25 ± 5 yrs, BMI 27 ± 2.4 kg/m2, experience in game 6 ± 4 yrs). According to their nutritional knowledge scores, the players were assigned to either good or poor nutritional knowledge group (n = 11, n = 10, respectively). Their dietary habits were assessment using a food frequency questionnaire. The findings revealed that nutritional knowledge was adequate (mean 72.82%) in this group of athletes with the highest scores in dietary advice section (85.71%), followed by food groups (71.24%) and food choice (69.52%). The majority of athletes were not aware of current carbohydrate recommendations. This translated into their dietary habits as many starchy and fibrous foods were consumed only occasionally by poor nutritional knowledge group. In terms of their eating habits, the good nutritional knowledge group consumed significantly more fruit and vegetables, and starchy foods (p <.05). Nutritional knowledge was positively correlated to fruit and vegetables consumption (rs = .52, p <.05) but not to any other eatwell plate categories. The study identified adequate general nutritional knowledge in professional rugby league players with the exception of recommendation for starchy and fibrous foods. Players who scored higher in nutritional knowledge test were more likely to consume more fruits, vegetables and carbohydrate-rich foods. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| Australia | 2 | 13% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| Germany | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 9 | 56% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 9 | 56% |
| Members of the public | 6 | 38% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 309 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 305 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 73 | 24% |
| Student > Master | 50 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 8% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 13 | 4% |
| Other | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 32 | 10% |
| Unknown | 107 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 54 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 44 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 9 | 3% |
| Other | 32 | 10% |
| Unknown | 114 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 April 2016.
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#2,734,436
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#470
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#63,091
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#453
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