NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF FITNESS INSTRUCTORS IN ARACAJU-SE

Marcus Vinícius Santos Nascimento, Oscar Filipe Falcão Raposo, Ciro José Brito, Raquel Simões Mendes-Netto

Abstract


The purpose of this study was to analyse the nutrition knowledge of fitness ins- tructors in Aracaju/SE. The participants were compound of 111 teachers and 58 trainees and completed questionnaires regarding feeding, nutrition advice and nutrition knowledge. 65% of the respondents provided nutrition advice. The participants correctly answered to 59,7% of the nutrition knowledge questionnaire. Fitness instructors showed to have a higher percentage of correct answers in questions related to General nutrition than in Sports nutrition.

Keywords


Nutritional knowledge; Fitness Center; Physical Education; Nutrition.

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Bases de dados

Portal de Periódicos da CAPES DOAJ PKP ULRICHS WEB LiVre CCN


ISSN (Impresso) 0101-3289; ISSN (Eletrônico) 2179-3255
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