Educational Preparation and Course Approach of Undergraduate Sports Nutrition instructors in Large U.S. Institutions.

ABSTRACT: College courses are often offered from various disciplines, and depending on which department offers the class, the course could be taught by faculty with different educational preparation or training. This could result in significant differences in the approach and content of the course (i.e., theoretical or applied) or a difference in the instructors' perceived importance and, therefore, the depth and time spent on various topics. We evaluated potential differences in the sports nutrition curriculum because it is a course that is usually taught by either nutritionists or exercise physiologists. A cross-sectional survey was sent to sports nutrition instructors at accredited large U.S. institutions. Descriptive statistics were analyzed via an ANOVA and Χ² using Crosstabs

SUBMITTER: Norton KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10536551 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature