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International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences Vol. 11(2), pp. 368 - 377
DOI: 10.13189/saj.2023.110214
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Knowledge and Attitude of Dietary Supplements among Arab Olympic Athletes and Coaches in Preparation Program for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Adam Tawfiq Amawi 1,*, Dania Sameer Moualla 2, Ghareeb O. Alshuwaier 3, Anwar A. Al-Nuaim 4, Abdulmalek K. Bursais 4, Khalid S. Aljaloud 3, Walaa Jumah Al-Kasasbeh 1, Lana Salah Subhi Nemer 2
1 Department of Physical and Health Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Al-Salt 19328, Jordan
2 Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, School of Agriculture. University of Jordan, P.O.Box 11942 Amman, Jordan
3 Department of Exercise Physiology, College of Sport Sciences and Physical Activity, King Saud University, Riyadh P.O. BOX 145111 ZIP 4545, Saudi Arabia
4 Department of Physical Education, College of Education, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa P.O. BOX 31982 ZIP 400, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT
Nutrition plays an important role as a key factor in the performance of athletes and their coaches, so good and proper nutrition is essential for improving athletic performance and physical fitness. The lack of nutritional knowledge of athletes may affect their performance, and the most important of these issues is nutritional knowledge of food and dietary supplements Aim: To assess the nutritional knowledge, attitude, and practice of athletes and their coaches at the Arab Olympic Preparation Center about the dietary supplements, the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Strategy has been used to assess this. Method: A questionnaire-based study was applied to a convenient sample of 111 elite athletes and coaches in the Arab Olympic preparation programs during the period between January and March 2020 from different sports types. The questionnaire contained two-parts (personal information and nutritional supplement knowledge, attitude, and practice questionnaire) to meet the purpose of the study. Results: The total percentage of athletes' knowledge about nutritional supplements is only 46.94 %, indicating that this important group of society does not have sufficient knowledge of nutritional supplements. While the percentage of use of dietary supplements among elite athletes was approximately 41.6%, which is relatively high. Also, our study showed that coaches had a positive impact on the elite athletes due to good coaches' knowledge, 84.2% of elite athletes indicated that they had taken information from their coaches about dietary supplements, and 53.5% of elite athletes indicated that they had participated in nutritional supplement workshops. Conclusion: Based on our study, there was a relatively high prevalence of dietary supplements use among elite athletes and coaches at the Arab Olympic Preparation Program due to a lack of knowledge about dietary supplements.
KEYWORDS
KAP, Nutritional, Knowledge, Olympic Elite, Athletes, Supplements, Dietary
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[1] Adam Tawfiq Amawi , Dania Sameer Moualla , Ghareeb O. Alshuwaier , Anwar A. Al-Nuaim , Abdulmalek K. Bursais , Khalid S. Aljaloud , Walaa Jumah Al-Kasasbeh , Lana Salah Subhi Nemer , "Knowledge and Attitude of Dietary Supplements among Arab Olympic Athletes and Coaches in Preparation Program for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games," International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 368 - 377, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/saj.2023.110214.
(b). APA Format:
Adam Tawfiq Amawi , Dania Sameer Moualla , Ghareeb O. Alshuwaier , Anwar A. Al-Nuaim , Abdulmalek K. Bursais , Khalid S. Aljaloud , Walaa Jumah Al-Kasasbeh , Lana Salah Subhi Nemer (2023). Knowledge and Attitude of Dietary Supplements among Arab Olympic Athletes and Coaches in Preparation Program for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. International Journal of Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 11(2), 368 - 377. DOI: 10.13189/saj.2023.110214.