Development and Validation of a Short Sport Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire for Athletes.

ABSTRACT: Weak evidence exists on the relationship between nutritional knowledge and diet quality. Many researchers claim that this could be in part because of inadequate validation of the questionnaires used. The aim of this study was to develop a compact reliable questionnaire on nutrition knowledge for young and adult athletes (NUKYA). Researchers and the sport clubs medical staff developed the questionnaire by taking into consideration the latest athlete dietary guidelines. The questionnaire content was validated by a panel of 12 nutrition experts, and finally tested by 445 participants including athletes (n = 264), nutrition students (n = 49) and non-athletes with no formal nutrition knowledge (n = 132). After consulting the experts, 59 of the 64 initial items remained in the questionnaire. To

SUBMITTER: Vazquez-Espino K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7699674 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature