Association between nutrition knowledge and nutrition practice among Malaysian adolescent handball athletes

Suherman Adang, . and Low Jeffrey Fook Lee, . and Normah Jusoh, . and Ruaibah Yazani Tengah, . and Siti Hartini Azmi, . Association between nutrition knowledge and nutrition practice among Malaysian adolescent handball athletes. pp. 279-291. ISSN 1394–035X

Introduction: Previous literature suggests that good nutrition knowledge does not necessarily translate into desired eating behaviours among adolescent athletes which may affect their sports performance. The purposes of the study were twofold which were to examine nutrition knowledge and practice between the sexes and to evaluate the magnitude of relationship between nutrition knowledge and practice among adolescent handball athletes in Malaysia. Methods: Three hundred and twelve male and female adolescent handball players competing in a national level competition voluntarily participated in this study. The participants were asked to complete a questionnaire which consisted of items on their demographic information and about their nutrition knowledge and eating practices. Independent t-test and Pearsons correlation were used to compare nutrition knowledge and practice between the sexes and to describe the relationship between variables respectively. Results: The results showed that there were no significant differences (p0.05) observed for nutrition knowledge and practice between the sexes. Besides the results demonstrated that nutrition knowledge had a significant but weak positive correlation with eating habit (r0.114 p0.003) among the athletes. Conclusion: This study showed that nutrition knowledge and practice were moderately adequate and that knowledge does not necessarily translate into good dietary practices. Therefore the athletes would benefit from a comprehensive and innovative nutrition education a strategy which warrants further investigation.

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Introduction: Previous literature suggests that good nutrition knowledge does not necessarily translate into desired eating behaviours among adolescent athletes which may affect their sports performance. The purposes of the study were twofold which were to examine nutrition knowledge and practice between the sexes and to evaluate the magnitude of relationship between nutrition knowledge and practice among adolescent handball athletes in Malaysia. Methods: Three hundred and twelve male and female adolescent handball players competing in a national level competition voluntarily participated in this study. The participants were asked to complete a questionnaire which consisted of items on their demographic information and about their nutrition knowledge and eating practices. Independent t-test and Pearsons correlation were used to compare nutrition knowledge and practice between the sexes and to describe the relationship between variables respectively. Results: The results showed that there were no significant differences (p0.05) observed for nutrition knowledge and practice between the sexes. Besides the results demonstrated that nutrition knowledge had a significant but weak positive correlation with eating habit (r0.114 p0.003) among the athletes. Conclusion: This study showed that nutrition knowledge and practice were moderately adequate and that knowledge does not necessarily translate into good dietary practices. Therefore the athletes would benefit from a comprehensive and innovative nutrition education a strategy which warrants further investigation.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Adolescents
AGROVOC Term:	Sport
AGROVOC Term:	Human nutrition
AGROVOC Term:	Diet
AGROVOC Term:	Questionnaires
AGROVOC Term:	Behaviour
AGROVOC Term:	Health diets
AGROVOC Term:	Nutrition education
AGROVOC Term:	Eating disorders
AGROVOC Term:	Health care
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:55
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10105

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