Nutrition of sports

  • Pabyle Alves Flauzino Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza-CE, Brasil.
  • Mariana Carvalho Freitas Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), Fortaleza-CE, Brasil.
  • Lissidna Almeida Cabral Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), Fortaleza-CE, Brasil.
  • Yuri Alberto Freire de Assis Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal-RN, Brasil.
  • Roberta Freitas Celedônio Hospital Universitário Walter Cantí­dio, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza-CE, Brasil.
  • Ana Filomena Camacho Santos Daltro Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza-CE, Brasil.
  • Luciana Catunda Brito Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza-CE, Brasil.
Keywords: Health literacy, Food and nutrition education, Exercise

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the degree of nutritional literacy of capoeira practitioners and their associated factors. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study. Participating in the research were athletes of a group of capoeira from the city of Fortaleza-CE. The nutritional literacy and socioeconomic variables of the volunteers were evaluated. Nutritional literacy was assessed by the Nutritional Literacy Scale questionnaire. Results: There were 38 athletes (76.3% men, 76.3% with income above 3 minimum wages, 79% above 9 years of schooling). Of the evaluated ones, 89.5% presented adequate nutritional literacy and 10.5%, marginal nutritional literacy. The nutritional literacy score was associated with income and schooling. Those who reported concern about nutrition had higher scores on nutritional literacy, while the practice time had no association with nutritional literacy. Discussion: It was verified in this study that the majority of athletes evaluated has adequate nutritional literacy; and that the blocks with prevalence greater than 80% of hits were those that associated the concept, sources and recommendation of fibers and the relationship between calcium / vitamin D and bones. Conclusion: Most athletes presented adequate nutritional literacy and no participant presented nutritional literacy inappropriate. The factors associated with nutritional literacy were income, schooling and concern for food.

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Published
2018-11-17
How to Cite
Flauzino, P. A., Freitas, M. C., Cabral, L. A., de Assis, Y. A. F., Celedônio, R. F., Daltro, A. F. C. S., & Brito, L. C. (2018). Nutrition of sports. RBNE - Brazilian Journal of Sports Nutrition, 12(74), 819-824. Retrieved from https://www.rbne.com.br/index.php/rbne/article/view/1145
Issue
Vol. 12 No. 74 (2018)
Section
Scientific Articles - Original

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