Factors influencing nutrition of children and adults actively involved in sports

Title: Factors affecting nutrition of children and adolescents actively involved in sport activities Objectives: The objective of this bachelor thesis is to find out if there is a difference in interest in diet between the children of age 8-12 and adolescents in the age of 13-17 who are registered athletes and those who are not. And if so, what or who most influences choice of food in those respective groups. Methods: Theoretical knowledge of nutrition of athletes, eating habits of children and adolescents, and factors influencing nutrition of children and adolescents are processed in the theoretical part of the bachelor thesis. A questionnaire method has been used for the research. The electronic anonymous questionnaire was distributed via Internet. The questionnaire was created and published by means of Google Forms. The research group consists of 166 respondents who filled out the anonymous questionnaire. The respondents are divided into two groups according to their age, the first group of age range 8-12 years, which encompasses 30 respondents, and the second group for the age of 13-17 years, which includes 136 respondents. Every age group is further divided into two subgroups according to the fact whether the respondent is registered athlete or not. Results: Results of this research show that..