Date of Graduation
2000
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MS
Committee Chair
Mary Head
Abstract
Subjects were 43 female athletes who participated on three different teams. Interventions were one-page two-sided nutrition newsletters. A consent form, information sheet and 20- question pre-test were given the first day of practice, after which subjects received newsletters every month for three months. Athletes were given a post-test three weeks after they had received the third newsletter. Pre and post-test scores were compared using t-tests. Results showed that nutrition education in the form of newsletters had a significant effect on knowledge. No significant differences were found among teams, by competition status or nutrition course status, i.e. whether individuals had taken, had not taken, or were currently taking an introductory nutrition course. Results also suggested that subject matter of newsletters had a significant effect on differences between pre-and post-test scores eg. there was greater improvement in knowledge of topics known to be of particular interest to female athletes.
Recommended Citation
Chieppa, Joanne, "The effectiveness of nutrition education on nutrition knowledge of female college athletes." (2000). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 10460.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/10460