title: [Knowledge and nutritional behaviours among youth practising sports at school of sports championship in Cracov].
abstract: The aim of the research was to analyse customary nutritional behaviours in conditions of intensive physical effort among the secondary school youth sports at School of Sports Championship in Cracov. The subject of the evaluation was also the level of knowledge about basic principles in nutrition of sportsmen among the youth. The anonymous research was conducted in the years 2005-2006 among the youths aged 16-18 in 88 school-boys and 82 school-girls in classes I-III at School of Sports Championship in Cracov. It was carried out by means of a specially prepared author's questionnaire survey. The youth practising sports at School of Sports Championship utilizes principles of correct nourishment in the limited scale. For example consuming 4-5 meals daily (over 33% girls and 14.7% boys), low preference towards whole meal bread consumption (over 40% girls and 20% boys), extremely low everyday milk drinking (17.1% girls, 34.1% boys) and consumption of dairy products (nearly 44% of the tested persons), small percentage of people who include several portions of vegetables in a daily diet (24.4% girls and 18.2% boys) and also limited consumption of several portions of fruit daily (every second girl and every third boy on average). Inaccuracies connected with nourishment during intensive physical effort first of all apply to: the lack of differentiated diet depending on the sort of practice (about 60% of the tested persons), drinking of sparkling mineral water before and during training or competitions (17% girls and 20% boys), incorrect way of refilling liquids after the effort (about 20% of the whole group), too late consumption of the main meal before competitions or intensive training (37% girls and 43% boys). The youths of School Sports Championship have limited knowledge on the principles of nourishment for sportsmen, the average percentage of the correct answers in the knowledge test is 46.2% among the girls and 52.9% among the boys and confirms the need of nutritional education between the youth practising sports.
authors.affiliation: Zaklad Higieny i Promocji Zdrowia, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie 31-571 Kraków, Al. Jana Pawla II 78. mariagacek@poczta.fm
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gacek
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011044:Poland; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014675:Vegetables