ABSTRACT
The
aim of our study is to investigate the dietary habits of amateur and
professional football players and their differences.A
hundred football players actively playing football during the 2013-2014 football
season in 2nd League A Category, 2nd League B Category, 3rd League, 1st Amateur
and 2nd Amateur Leagues participated in our study. A questionnaire that
consists of 17 personal information and nutritional habits questions was
developed based on the literature and was filled out by the players to
determine their nutritional habits. There
were statistically significant differences between the groups at p<0.01
level across their education level on nutrition issues, number of meals,
alcohol and cigarette use, daily fluid intake, pre-game fluid intake, pre-game
foods consumed, liquids and food consumed outside of three regular meals,
late-time meals, regular supplementary products and last food before games.
There were statistically significant differences between the groups at
p<0.05 level across information resource on nutrition issues, skipped meals,
fluid intake during training, late time meals, attention to expiration dates
while shopping.In
conclusion, consistent with previous studies in the literature it is found that
amateur and professional football players don’t have good nutrition information
and habits. Clubs,
coaches and athletes looking for success on a national and international level
should consult and collaborate with a nutritionist. We believe that it will be
very useful to train athletes and coaches, with seminars, courses, panels, etc.
and to have an expert dietitian in sports clubs, and to emphasize the
importance of this issue in written and visual media.
Football Players Sports Nutrition Amateur Football Player Professional Football Player Nutrition Habits
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Sports Medicine |
Journal Section | Articles |
Authors | |
Publication Date | September 15, 2019 |
Acceptance Date | July 22, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 |