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rts nutrition knowledge of Slovenian recreational athletes prehrana in hidracija | nutrition and hydration
Eva Gorup, Nina Mohorko
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Background/Introduction: Many Slovenian recreational athletes during training
consume the amount of energy that requires eating according to sports nutri-
tion principles to maintain health and support training. There are a lot of arti�-
cles about sports nutrition in different media for recreational athletes, but we
do not know how much knowledge Slovenian athletes actually have.
Methods: To test sports nutrition knowledge, we used the Nutrition for Sport
Knowledge Questionnaire (Trakman et al, 2017) that we previously translated
in Slovenian language and validated. We invited participants trough sports in-
terest groups on social networks where we pasted a web link to the question-
naire that was published in the online survey tool 1-ka. Inclusion criteria were
the age between 18 and 65 years and between 3 and 10 hours of training per
week.
Results: Out of 362 athletes that started the questionnaire, 133 met our in-
clusion criteria. They were mostly cyclists and runners. Their nutrition knowl-
edge was average (59,6 ± 10,1 %). They performed best in the sub-sections on
weight management (66 ± 14 %) and alcohol (70,9 ± 15 %) and worst in the
sub-sections on supplements (48,6 ± 17,5 %) and sports nutrition (52,2 ± 16,7
%) that covered questions on hydration and specific macronutrient intake be-
fore, during and after training.
Discussion and conclusions: Even though the knowledge of Slovenian recrea-
tional athletes was average, there is still room for improvement, especially in
the field of supplements. Their sale is widely spread but is not regulated in con-
trast to medicines. Athletes need to be informed on how to regulate timing of
macronutrient intake and fluids as this is important to maintain health and to
support energy requirements for training.
Key words: sports nutrition, recreational athletes, knowledge
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Eva Gorup, Nina Mohorko
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Background/Introduction: Many Slovenian recreational athletes during training
consume the amount of energy that requires eating according to sports nutri-
tion principles to maintain health and support training. There are a lot of arti�-
cles about sports nutrition in different media for recreational athletes, but we
do not know how much knowledge Slovenian athletes actually have.
Methods: To test sports nutrition knowledge, we used the Nutrition for Sport
Knowledge Questionnaire (Trakman et al, 2017) that we previously translated
in Slovenian language and validated. We invited participants trough sports in-
terest groups on social networks where we pasted a web link to the question-
naire that was published in the online survey tool 1-ka. Inclusion criteria were
the age between 18 and 65 years and between 3 and 10 hours of training per
week.
Results: Out of 362 athletes that started the questionnaire, 133 met our in-
clusion criteria. They were mostly cyclists and runners. Their nutrition knowl-
edge was average (59,6 ± 10,1 %). They performed best in the sub-sections on
weight management (66 ± 14 %) and alcohol (70,9 ± 15 %) and worst in the
sub-sections on supplements (48,6 ± 17,5 %) and sports nutrition (52,2 ± 16,7
%) that covered questions on hydration and specific macronutrient intake be-
fore, during and after training.
Discussion and conclusions: Even though the knowledge of Slovenian recrea-
tional athletes was average, there is still room for improvement, especially in
the field of supplements. Their sale is widely spread but is not regulated in con-
trast to medicines. Athletes need to be informed on how to regulate timing of
macronutrient intake and fluids as this is important to maintain health and to
support energy requirements for training.
Key words: sports nutrition, recreational athletes, knowledge
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