Nutrition knowledge among personal trainers and fitness users

Poznavanje osnov zdrave in uravnotežene prehrane ter redna telesna vadba sta dva iz med temeljev za vzpostavitev in ohranjanje zdravega življenjskega sloga. Mnogo ljudi se s tem namenom odloči za obiskovanje fitnes centrov, kjer jim trenerji fitnesa poleg podpore med vadbo pogosto nudijo tudi prehranske nasvete. Namen magistrske naloge je raziskati znanje o prehrani tako pri trenerjih fitnesa, kot tudi pri uporabnikih fitnes storitev in ugotoviti pogostost uporabe prehranskih dopolnil ter identificirati glavne vire informacij o prehrani. S spletnim vprašalnikom anketirali 101 uporabnikov fitnes storitev ter 50 trenerjev fitnesa. Ugotovili smo, da obe preiskovani skupini informacije o prehrani najpogosteje iščeta na svetovnem spletu in določili visoko stopnjo uporabe prehranskih dopolnil tako pri trenerjih fitnesa, kot tudi pri uporabnikih fitnes storitev. S pomočjo vprašalnika ’49-Item Sports Nutrition Knowledge Instrument (49-SNKI) for Adult Athletes’ smo uspeli določiti stopnjo znanja o prehrani udeležencev ter ju primerjali med seboj. Rezultati so pokazali, da imajo trenerji fitnesa boljše prehransko znanje kot uporabniki fitnes storitev, ki pa je še vedno nezadostno. Obenem smo identificirali različne vrzeli, ki potrjujejo, da je tako pri trenerjih fitnesa kot pri uporabnikih fitnes storitev še veliko prostora za izboljšave znanja o prehrani.Healthy and balanced diet as well as regular exercise are two of the foundations for establishing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. To achieve that, many people choose to join fitness centers. There, personal trainers often offer nutritional advice in addition to their training guidance. The aim of this master thesis was to investigate the nutritional knowledge of both personal trainers and fitness users, to determine the frequency of use of dietary supplements, and identify the main sources of nutritional information. Using an online questionnaire, we were included 101 fitness users and 50 personal trainers. We found that both groups most frequently search for nutrition information on the internet. We also identified a high level of use of dietary supplements among both personal trainers and fitness users. Using the \u2749-Item Sports Nutrition Knowledge Instrument (49-SNKI) for Adult Athletes\u27 questionnaire, we determined the participants\u27 level of nutrition knowledge and compared between groups. The results showed that personal trainers have better nutritional knowledge than fitness users, but still less than satisfactory. We also found various knowledge gaps which suggest that there is still plenty of room for improvement for both personal trainers and fitness users