Abstract

To know and analyze nutrition education and nutrition KAB situation of domestic and foreign athletes through expert interviews and literature reviews. Three hundred and seventy nine athletes were interviewed and questionnaire surveyed by nutrition education and nutrition KAB questionnaire and the data were processed by use of EXCEL and SPSS 19.0 statistical software. Their nutrition education and nutrition KAB problems were analyzed by mainly using the conventional percentage statistics, t-test, etc. The idea of nutrition education model suitable for Chinese athletes was put forwarded according to the research results.

Keywords:

Athletes, nutritional supplements, sports ability,

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