title: [Nutritional habits in children and adolescents practicing fencing. Part 1. Meal consumption].
abstract: The aim of this study was to assess habits related to eating meals in children and adolescents who attended sports schools. The days with training and the days free of training were analysed separately. The questionnaires on the number and frequency of eating meals were filled in by 141 children and adolescents who practised fencing and attended sports classes in primary and secondary schools. The influence of gender and age on the number and frequency of eating meals was analysed by means of the SPSS 12.0 PL for Windows computer programme. The studied children's and adolescents' habits related to eating meals were highly unfavourable, especially in females from secondary school, mainly due to a very low percentage of students who ate meals regularly, lunch in particular. Boys ate more meals than girls. Especially disconcerting was a very low number of meals eaten by females from secondary school, which may imply a risk of anorexia. Children and adolescents who attend sports schools should be educated on nutrition and the relation between food habits, nutritional status and achieving success in sport. Females from secondary schools should be informed about the danger of anorexia.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Zywności i Zywienia, Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego w Poznaniu. graczyk@awf.poznan.pl
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radzimirska-Graczyk
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chalcarz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017195:Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002149:Energy Intake; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000517:prevention & control; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011044:Poland; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*