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Eating Behaviour among Disabled Athletes in Malaysia

BACKGROUND: Nutrition has always been associated with eating behaviour. The eating behaviour can impact not only the normal population but also athletes’ population including disabled athletes too. Athletes have a higher tendency to unhealthy eating behaviour due to intense pressure and competitive...

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Autores principales: Manaf, Haidzir, Nor, Norazmir Md, Azhari, Nurul Athirah Mohd, Ismut, Nur Rabiatul Adawiah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6613472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31303857
http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2019.26.3.11
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author Manaf, Haidzir
Nor, Norazmir Md
Azhari, Nurul Athirah Mohd
Ismut, Nur Rabiatul Adawiah
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description BACKGROUND: Nutrition has always been associated with eating behaviour. The eating behaviour can impact not only the normal population but also athletes’ population including disabled athletes too. Athletes have a higher tendency to unhealthy eating behaviour due to intense pressure and competitive environment in sports. It is important to identify the types of eating behaviour among disabled athletes to prevent eating disorder that could affect their performance. Thus, this study aims to identify the types of eating behaviour among disabled athletes in Malaysia. METHODS: This study involved 93 disabled athletes in Malaysia. The setting of the study is at National Sports Council, Malaysia. The data obtained are analysed using chi-square test using SPSS. RESULTS: This study shows that the most common types of eating behaviour among disabled athletes are emotional eating (37.6%), followed by uncontrolled eating (34.3%) and cognitive restraint (28%). Most of the overweight and obese disabled athletes are prone to emotional eating (19.4%) as compared to non-overweight athletes (18.3%). CONCLUSION: As a conclusion, recognising the eating behaviour in disabled athletes is important as more effective and innovative interventions and measures can be undertaken to prevent eating disorder which can enhance sports performance.
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spelling pubmed-66134722019-07-12 Eating Behaviour among Disabled Athletes in Malaysia Manaf, Haidzir Nor, Norazmir Md Azhari, Nurul Athirah Mohd Ismut, Nur Rabiatul Adawiah Malays J Med Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Nutrition has always been associated with eating behaviour. The eating behaviour can impact not only the normal population but also athletes’ population including disabled athletes too. Athletes have a higher tendency to unhealthy eating behaviour due to intense pressure and competitive environment in sports. It is important to identify the types of eating behaviour among disabled athletes to prevent eating disorder that could affect their performance. Thus, this study aims to identify the types of eating behaviour among disabled athletes in Malaysia. METHODS: This study involved 93 disabled athletes in Malaysia. The setting of the study is at National Sports Council, Malaysia. The data obtained are analysed using chi-square test using SPSS. RESULTS: This study shows that the most common types of eating behaviour among disabled athletes are emotional eating (37.6%), followed by uncontrolled eating (34.3%) and cognitive restraint (28%). Most of the overweight and obese disabled athletes are prone to emotional eating (19.4%) as compared to non-overweight athletes (18.3%). CONCLUSION: As a conclusion, recognising the eating behaviour in disabled athletes is important as more effective and innovative interventions and measures can be undertaken to prevent eating disorder which can enhance sports performance. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2019-05 2019-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6613472/ /pubmed/31303857 http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2019.26.3.11 Text en © Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2019 This work is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Manaf, Haidzir
Nor, Norazmir Md
Azhari, Nurul Athirah Mohd
Ismut, Nur Rabiatul Adawiah
Eating Behaviour among Disabled Athletes in Malaysia
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title_full_unstemmed Eating Behaviour among Disabled Athletes in Malaysia
title_short Eating Behaviour among Disabled Athletes in Malaysia
title_sort eating behaviour among disabled athletes in malaysia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6613472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31303857
http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2019.26.3.11
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