THE FOOD PYRAMID ADAPTED TO PHYSICALLY ACTIVE ADOLESCENTS AS A NUTRITION EDUCATION TOOL

Authors

  • Camila Brandão-Gonçalves Faculdade de Educação Física - Universidade de Brasília
  • Julia Aparecida Devidé Nogueira Faculdade de Educação Física - Universidade de Brasília
  • Teresa Helena Macedo da Costa Departamento de Nutrição - Universidade de Brasília

Keywords:

Adolescence, Sports, Eating Habits, Food Groups.

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the understanding of the Food Pyramid Adapted to Physically Active Adolescents as an educational tool to improve nutrition knowledge. Adolescents engaged in sport training responded to a nutrition knowledge questionnaire before and after the intervention. The pyramid intervention group received the printed educational material, and the broad intervention group received the printed material followed by a lecture. As a result, mean initial nutrition knowledge was average (59.9 ± 18 points), increasing (p<0.001) after the intervention (69.1 ± 20 points) without significant difference between interventions. In conclusion, adolescents’ nutrition knowledge improved, even with the use of the Food Pyramid alone, indicating its use to promote nutritional knowledge.

Author Biographies

Camila Brandão-Gonçalves, Faculdade de Educação Física - Universidade de Brasília

Master’s degree from the School of Physical Education, Universidade de Brasília. Faculdade de Educação Física, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasília, DF, Brazil

Julia Aparecida Devidé Nogueira, Faculdade de Educação Física - Universidade de Brasília

Ph.D. from the School of Health Sciences, Universidade de Brasília, Adjunct Professor of the Universidade de Brasília. Faculdade de Educação Física, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, 70910-900, Asa Norte, Brasília, DF, Brazil

Teresa Helena Macedo da Costa, Departamento de Nutrição - Universidade de Brasília

Ph.D. from the University of Oxford, England, Full professor of the Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, Brasília-DF, Brazil

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Published

2013-07-16

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Artigos Originais