A valid and reliable nutrition knowledge questionnaire for track and field athletes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Establishing an understanding of an athlete's nutrition knowledge can inform the coach/practitioner and support the development of the athlete. Thus the purpose of the study was to develop a psychometrically valid and reliable tool to assess general and sport nutrition knowledge.

Methods

An 85 question questionnaire was developed in consultation with a panel of experts. Ninety-eight participants from the UK completed the questionnaire, and again 3 weeks later. The participants were classified into two groups: those with nutrition (NUT, n = 53) training (sport nutritionists and dietitians who were either practicing or undertaking a postgraduate qualification in the field), and those without (NONUT, n = 48) training (professionals and postgraduate stud

SUBMITTER: Furber MJW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050860 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature