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Implementation of Nutrition Labels at the 2022 European Athletics Championships
| Resumo: | Background/Objectives: Nutrition labels are an effective tool for providing nutrition information. Additionally, nutrient composition is one of the most dictating factors for athletes’ food choices; thus, we aimed to evaluate the use and perceptions regarding the nutrition labels implemented for the meals served at the 2022 European Athletics Championships (EAC). Methods: During mealtime at the team restaurants, participants completed an online self-administered questionnaire. We collected 280 questionnaires, 53.8% of the participants were male, most were athletes (78.9%), and 21.1% were athlete support personnel. Likert-type scales and open-ended questions were included to measure the labels’ importance, layout, influence on food choices, and participants’ understanding of the labels. Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used to compare answers. Results: Almost 40% of the participants used the nutrition labels occasionally (38.8%). Most participants were confident (41.9%) or moderately confident (31.3%) in making food choices because they had labels. Nutrition labels were considered important (41.0%) or very important (28.4%) by most participants, and 91.7% would like to have them in future championships. Athlete support personnel versus athletes (p = 0.037) and participants with dietary restrictions versus participants without (p = 0.028) were more confident in their food choices due to nutrition labels. Conclusions: Our results highlight that nutrition labels were helpful for both athletes and athlete support personnel during this EAC and that they should be maintained in future competitions. |
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| Autores principais: | Maldonado, Inês |
| Outros Autores: | Oliveira, Catarina B.; Branco, Pedro A.; Sousa, Mónica |
| Assunto: | catering competition dietary planning nutrition labels point-of-choice nutrition labels sport sports nutrition Food Science Nutrition and Dietetics |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | Background/Objectives: Nutrition labels are an effective tool for providing nutrition information. Additionally, nutrient composition is one of the most dictating factors for athletes’ food choices; thus, we aimed to evaluate the use and perceptions regarding the nutrition labels implemented for the meals served at the 2022 European Athletics Championships (EAC). Methods: During mealtime at the team restaurants, participants completed an online self-administered questionnaire. We collected 280 questionnaires, 53.8% of the participants were male, most were athletes (78.9%), and 21.1% were athlete support personnel. Likert-type scales and open-ended questions were included to measure the labels’ importance, layout, influence on food choices, and participants’ understanding of the labels. Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used to compare answers. Results: Almost 40% of the participants used the nutrition labels occasionally (38.8%). Most participants were confident (41.9%) or moderately confident (31.3%) in making food choices because they had labels. Nutrition labels were considered important (41.0%) or very important (28.4%) by most participants, and 91.7% would like to have them in future championships. Athlete support personnel versus athletes (p = 0.037) and participants with dietary restrictions versus participants without (p = 0.028) were more confident in their food choices due to nutrition labels. Conclusions: Our results highlight that nutrition labels were helpful for both athletes and athlete support personnel during this EAC and that they should be maintained in future competitions. |
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