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Effect of Nutrition Education on Energy Availability, Body Composition, Eating Attitude and Sports Nutrition Knowledge

NCT06116097 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2024-03-15

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Summary

This study investigates the effects of a series of nutrition education sessions conducted by a registered dietitian on energy availability, various anthropometric measurements, eating attitudes, and sports nutrition knowledge in young female endurance athletes aged 15-18 years (football, basketball, volleyball) who engage in training for more than 10 hours per week (n=83).

Conditions

  • Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition education

Fifty participants took 6 physical nutrition education lectures and the other group (n=33) didn't have any nutrition education. Nutrition education was comprimised of 6 physical face to face 60 minutes sessions which was given every week in a school class. Each session was consisted of a different subject including energy metabolism in sport, energy balance, nutrition before and after training, low energy availability, macro and micronutrients, hydration and supplements. Participants also got written information as a printed booklet in order to be able to take notes under sessions and review after the sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medipol University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cansu T Akman, MS · Medipol University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-01
Primary Completion
2019-09-01
Completion
2020-03-28

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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