title: Nutrition beliefs, practices, and perceptions of young dancers.
abstract: Forty-nine dancers from 21 states and Mexico ages 13-20 years participated in a study designed to further explore nutrition beliefs and dietary practices of young dancers. Subjects completed a previously used questionnaire that identifies nutrition beliefs and practices. The correlation between actual height and weight and subjects' perceived height and weight was significantly different (p = less than or equal to 0.5). Subjects requested that additional nutrition education be included in their training programs.
authors.affiliation: Incarnate Word College, Department of Applied Arts and Sciences, San Antonio, TX 78209.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Sawyer-Morse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smolik
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mobley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saegert
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001827:Body Height; D001828:Body Image; D001835:Body Weight; D003615:Dancing; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education