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Nutrition Education for Female High School Athletes to Increase Sports Nutrition Knowledge

Miller, Emily
http://orcid.org/0009-0000-8262-7904
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1692730529189025

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2023, MS, University of Cincinnati, Allied Health Sciences: Nutrition.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a six-week nutrition education intervention in increasing nutrition knowledge and self-efficacy related to nutrition behaviors in female high school athletes. Methods: A preliminary assessment of needs was distributed to a group of athletes at a local high school. Female high school athletes were recruited to participate in the nutrition intervention.. The intervention included six-weekly nutrition education sessions, each of which being one half hour in duration. The topics of the classes included energy needs, macronutrients, micronutrients, periodization, hydration, and supplement usage. Nutrition knowledge and self-efficacy related to nutrition behaviors were assessed before and after the intervention. Paired T-tests were used to examine the differences pre- to post-intervention for nutrition knowledge and self-efficacy. Results: Seventeen participants completed both the pre- and post-test. The average knowledge post-test score was 34.35. The average change in score from pre to post was +3.7 points. The post-test score was significantly higher than the pre-test score at p<0.05. The average score of the self-efficacy pre-evaluation was 4.67 points (with the highest possible score being 7 and lowest possible score being 1), and the average score of the self-efficacy post-evaluation was 5.94 points. The average change in this score was +1.24 points. The average score from the self-efficacy post-evaluation was significantly higher than that of the self-efficacy pre-evaluation at p<0.001. There were no significant differences found by grade level for self-efficacy or nutrition knowledge. Conclusion: This nutrition education intervention was shown to be effective in increasing sports nutrition knowledge and self-efficacy in this population. The short duration and flexibility of this program indicate that it would be feasible to repeat the intervention with future participants. Future interventions should explore the effect of this nutrition intervention with dietary intake and anthropometric data collection.
Sarah Couch, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Abigail Peairs, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
44 p.
Nutrition
nutrition education; sports nutrition; adolescent athletes; adolescent nutrition; high school athletes; female athletes

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  • Miller, E. (2023). Nutrition Education for Female High School Athletes to Increase Sports Nutrition Knowledge [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1692730529189025

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Miller, Emily. Nutrition Education for Female High School Athletes to Increase Sports Nutrition Knowledge. 2023. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1692730529189025.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Miller, Emily. "Nutrition Education for Female High School Athletes to Increase Sports Nutrition Knowledge." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1692730529189025

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