The measurement of college athletes' knowledge and behavior on pre- and post-workout nutrition utilizing a text message intervention

Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure college student athletes' nutrition knowledge and behavior before and after a text message-based educational intervention. Participants: Athletes (n = 35) participated by completing a pre- and post-intervention survey. Methods: This survey gat...

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Published in:Journal of American college health Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 91 - 96
Main Authors: Young, Hannah, Schumacher, Julie R., Pierce, Scott, Barnes, Jennifer L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Taylor & Francis 2025
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Athlete
Athletes
Athletes - psychology
Athletes - statistics & numerical data
Behavior
Behavior change
Behavior modification
Carbohydrates
College sports
College students
Diet
Education
Educational programs
Efficacy
Feeding Behavior - psychology
Female
health education
Health Education - methods
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Intervention
Knowledge
Male
Measurement
Nutrition
Nutrition education
Polls & surveys
Predominantly White Institutions
Proteins
Student athletes
Students - psychology
Students - statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
Text messaging
Text Messaging - statistics & numerical data
Training
Universities
Young Adult
health education
Athlete
nutrition
ISSN:0744-8481, 1940-3208, 1940-3208
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Summary:Objective: The purpose of this study was to measure college student athletes' nutrition knowledge and behavior before and after a text message-based educational intervention. Participants: Athletes (n = 35) participated by completing a pre- and post-intervention survey. Methods: This survey gathered information on ability to identify carbohydrate and protein food sources, pre-and post-workout intake, and behavior. Text messages were sent during the 4-week intervention and included information regarding the importance of carbohydrate consumption before training, and a carbohydrate-protein mixture for recovery. Results: Dependent t-tests revealed a lack of statistically significant increases in total knowledge (p = 0.156) or behavior (p = 0.177), but an increase in the behavior questions regarding efficacy of carbohydrate before training (p = 0.026) and carbohydrate and protein after training (p = 0.016). Conclusion: This suggests the text message educational intervention did influence behavioral outcomes. Future research should focus on the effectiveness, length, and frequency of the text message intervention, and investigate the athletes' willingness to change dietary behaviors.
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ISSN:0744-8481
1940-3208
1940-3208
DOI:10.1080/07448481.2023.2198023