Mohd Daud, Siti Maizura (2019) Factors associated with nutritional supplementation intake among athletes in Universiti Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
Interest in nutritional supplementation intake among athletes and physically active population had been growing in the research field of sports nutrition. However, there were still inconsistent findings and limited studies conducted on nutritional supplementation intake among Malaysian. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine factors associated with nutritional supplementation intake among athletes in Universiti Putra Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was carried out among athletes in UPM. A validated self-administered questionnaire was used to determine sociodemographic characteristics, sports characteristics, nutritional supplementation intake, sports nutritional knowledge and physical activity level of the athletes. Weight, height and body fat percentage were measured, then BMI and fat-free mass were calculated. A 24-hour dietary recall was used in interview session to determine athletes' dietary intake. A total of 165 of athletes in UPM (73.9% male and 26.1 % female), with a mean age 22.48±1.95 years participated in this study. Majority of the participants were Malay (84.9%), undergraduate (95.8%), with the mean monthly allowance of RM590.61 ±421.65 and mean household income of RM4123.70±1903.38. Most of the participants had a moderate sports nutritional knowledge (81.8%) and had high physical activity level (55.2%). The prevalence of nutritional supplement intake among athletes in UPM was 43% with energy supplement (80.3%) being the most popular supplement used followed by protein supplement (45.1 %) and vitamin/mineral supplement (39.4%). The most common reasons for using nutritional supplement were to increase energy level (64.8%), for health (52.1 %) and for weight/muscle gain (45.1 %). The participants were most likely to get information about nutritional supplement from their coach (54.9%), fellow students athletes (50.7%) and from the internet (45.1 %). Result showed monthly allowance (r=0.328; p<0.001 ), household income {r=0.243; p=0.002), types of sport (i=l5.64; p=0.008), category of event (i=18.25; p<0.001), number of years of participation (i=4.90; p-0.027), sports nutritional knowledge (r=0.232; p=0.003), physical activity level {r=0.21 0; p=0.007) and fat-free mass for male (r=0.201; p=0.026) and female (r=0.359; p=0.018) were significantly associated with nutritional supplementation intake. In conclusion, the prevalence of supplementation intake among athletes in UPM was lower than previous study. Majority of them had moderate level of sports nutritional know ledge. Therefore, intervention program to educate on sports nutritional supplement is needed to ensure healthy nutritional intake among the athletes.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2026 04:27 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2026 04:27 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2719 |
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