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Volume 7, Issue 6 (Suppl)
J Obes Weight Loss Ther
ISSN: 2165-7904 JOWT, an open access journal
Obesity Meeting 2017
October 23-24, 2017
October 23-24, 2017 Dubai, UAE
14
th
Global Obesity Meeting
Dietary habits, practices and knowledge among young athletes in the United Arab Emirates
Seham M AlRaish and Carine Platat
United Arab Emirates University, UAE
A
n appropriate diet is crucial for athletes. An insufficient nutrient intake can lead to health disorders. To describe the
nutritional knowledge, nutritional practices and dietary habits for athletic individual in the United Arab Emirates cross-
sectional study was conducted. 59 male soccer players 13 to18 years were recruited from Al Jazira Academic sports clubs.
Nutrition knowledge, practices and habits was evaluated by questionnaire, different components of the nutritional status and
socio-demographic data were collected. Both questionnaires were administered in groups under the supervision of a trained
interviewer. The software SPSS version 23 was used. Food frequency consumption separated the frequency of consumption of
different food per week. Food were separated into the six main food groups: Cereals (14.11±4.56), dairy (10.00±3.32), meat,
fish (5.93±2.28), fruits and vegetables (11.11±4.55), snack (7.91±3.23) beverages (8.25±2.55) .The significant relationship was
found between mothers education level and milk group (p-value<0.01), snack group and weight (kg) (p value<0.03) and
athletes consumed snack group and skin fold sub-scapular (p value=0.04). Knowledge score was (80.73±8.81), score for self-
efficiency (18.88±3.66) and attitude (21.30±1.88). The majority of the adolescent Soccer players considered in this study fell
into the normal weight category and all are of a normal height according to the anthropometric data. The implication of this
finding is that the athletes are considered to have an excess of body fat stores and less skin fold then it is desirable. A quite good
dietary knowledge but limited healthy dietary practices and ability to change were observed, also a significant influence of the
family environment.
Biography
Seham M AlRaish is currently pursuing PhD at the United Arab Emirates University after completing her Master’s degree in Environmental Science. She has
published two posters in reputed conference.
200440261@uaeu.ac.aeSeham M AlRaish et al., J Obes Weight Loss Ther 2017, 7:6 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7904-C1-051