Room for improvement in sports nutrition knowledge amongst parents and caregivers of male academy soccer players in the UK: a cross-sectional study

Callis, L, Russell, M, Hurst, H, Hardwicke, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1152-0920 and Roberts, CJ, 2023. Room for improvement in sports nutrition knowledge amongst parents and caregivers of male academy soccer players in the UK: a cross-sectional study. Nutrients, 15 (20): 4331. ISSN 2072-6643

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Abstract

In professional soccer clubs in the UK, nutrition support is often polarised towards senior players or those in the senior academy age groups seeking first team selection/involvement. Accordingly, there is an increased reliance on parents and caregivers to provide support regarding nutritional intake. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of nutrition knowledge of parents and caregivers of male youth soccer players within developmental academies in the UK. Across a single competitive season, 360 registered parents and caregivers of male soccer players from English Premier League under 9–11 (Foundation Phase) and under 12–16 (Youth Development Phase) age group academies completed an online version of the 88-item validated Nutrition for Sport Knowledge Questionnaire. Nutrition knowledge scores were classified as “poor” (43 ± 23%). Nutrition knowledge scores were significantly greater in respondents with dependents representing Category 1 (45 ± 13%) vs. Category 2 (39 ± 15%) academies and in Foundation Phase (44 ± 13%) vs. Youth Development Phase (41 ± 15%). These results demonstrate that there is room for improvement in the nutrition knowledge levels of parents and caregivers of male soccer academy players. We recommend that club academies provide appropriate resources towards nutritional education for parents and caregivers.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Nutrients
Creators:	Callis, L., Russell, M., Hurst, H., Hardwicke, J. and Roberts, C.J.
Publisher:	MDPI
Date:	11 October 2023
Volume:	15
Number:	20
ISSN:	2072-6643
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.3390/nu15204331 DOI 1825556 Other
Rights:	This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Science and Technology
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	24 Oct 2023 08:05
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2023 08:05
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50093

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