Research On Nutritional Education Method And Nutrition KAB Of Athletes

[Objective] The research of nutrition education for Chinese athletes is very few. This study is to analyze the present situation of nutritional education of some athletes and their knowledge, attitude, behaviors (KAB) of nutrition, then to put forward the preliminary ideas of athletes nutrition education mode and to provide a scientific thought for carrying out nutrition education in sports.[Methods] To know and analyze nutrition education and nutrition KAB situation of domestic and foreign athletes through expert interviews and literature reviews.379athletes were interviewed and questionnaire surveyed by nutrition education and nutrition KAB questionnaire and the data were processed by use of EXCEL and SPSS19.0statistical software. Their nutrition education and nutrition KAB problems were analyzed by mainly using the conventional percentage statistics, t-test, etc. The idea of nutrition education model suitable for Chinese athletes was put forwarded according to the research results.[Results and Conclusion]1. Literature analysis showed that research works of nutrition education was relatively more in other subjects, but the researchs of athletes’ nutrition education were reported rarely at home and abroad.2. Nutrition education of Athletes was lacking. Athletes thinking that nutrition cognitive has no roles to sport performance accounted for43.8%, and who had a poor appetite to the nutrition knowledge accounted for40.6%. This showed that it would be very necessary for athletes to carry out practical and effective nutrition education and establish the correct view of nutrition. Athletes have no nutrition books accounted for55.7%, and who chose "basic not reading" nutrition information accounted for86.4%. The probability was also one of the factors lead to low nutrition KAB level of most athletes. It showed that how to compile readable nutrition books for athletes was very important. Athletes haven’t systematic learn Sports Nutrition accounted for48.8%and who haven’t hold lecture on nutrition knowledge accounted for68%. The two ways were the most accurate dissemination of nutrition knowledge and could effectively avoid misleading by some false advertising. So we need to improve the probability of two ways.3. The overall level of nutrition KAB was low in athletes. Athletes choose "pay attention to the learning and application" accounted for only11%, it showed athlete’s nutrition concepts with active consciousness were very few. Athletes choose a right "dietary habit" accounted tor only3.2%and choose "reasonable nutrition collocation" accounted for only25%, it showed the vast majority of athletes lacked of good eating behavior. Athletes knowing about "poison food""dietary guidelines","nine days supplements" and "overeating consequences" accounted for10%,7.7%,25.1%and14%respectively, it showed that athletes awared of popular science knowledge about nutrition were generally few and needed to be improved. Athletes knowing the relation of nutrient calcium, iron and motility disease accounted for59.6%and56.6%respectively. Athletes very familiar with what elements should be added after the big sweat accounted for only6.1%, and who don’t know how much is the daily intake of protein accounted for63.8%. These showed that quite high proportion of athletes lacked of correct cognition for a variety of nutrients and it would largely mislead the choice behavior of athletes and influenced a balanced intake of nutrients.4. Correct guidances of nutritionists were insufficient. Nutritionist as athletes’training and life managers accounted for only3.2%, and about97%of the athletes had not been equipped with a professional nutritionist in a sports team of jiangsu province. Their athletics and training diet lacked of correct guidance. Nutrition education of coaches, dorm teachers and cooks will be very important due to the lack of dietitians.5. Athletes’nutrition education and nutrition KAB in a sports team of jiangsu province were significantly different to in P.E. college, YangZhou university (P<0.05). The college student group was significantly better than the provincial sports team group in the aspects of nutrition education. It showed that it was necessary for the provincial sports team group to strengthen nutrition education.Based on the above research results and conclusion, to put forward the initial assumption①open sports nutrition related courses②equip with dietitians③carry out multiform nutrition education④establish the athlete nutrition archives⑤focus on results of nutrition education in multi-view.