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Selection of papers will be based on scientific merit and relevance to the sporting
areas of the Caribbean.
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THE ABSTRACT
Your abstract must be NO MORE THAN 250 WORDS and MUST BE formatted as
follows:
- TITLE: In bold type. No abbreviations.
- AUTHORS: Begin on a new line two spaces below the title. Use italics. List
initials for first names followed by surnames. Do not use full stops after
initials. Please omit degrees and titles. - INSTITUTION: Begin on a new line below the Authors. Use italics. List
institute(s) where work originated, city, and country. - EMAIL ADDRESS: Include in the next line.
- TEXT: Arrange under the following headings:
- Objectives: State the main objective/research questions/hypothesis of
the study. - Design, Methods or Approaches: Briefly describe the design of the
study and how it was conducted indicating study population, sampling
procedures, and measurements. - Summary of Content, Results or Findings: Present only the main
results (in tabular form if convenient) with an indication of variability
(e.g., SD) and precision of comparison (e.g., 95% confidence intervals),
where appropriate. Promises, such as "the results will be discussedn or
"other data will be presented" are inacceptable. - Conclusions: Limit to only those directly supported by the results or
findings.
- Objectives: State the main objective/research questions/hypothesis of
- Abstracts should be submitted by: October 31, 2015
SAMPLE ABSTRACT
Nutritional knowledge and attitudes of adolescent swimmers in Trinidad and
Tobago
S Beckford, M Webb
Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Faculty of Food and Agriculture, The University of the West Indies- St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Email: marquitta.webb@sta.uwi.edu
Objectives: To investigate the level of nutrition knowledge and attitude of
adolescent swimmers training competitively in Trinidad and Tobago.
Design and Methods: A self-administered questionnaire, which consisted of 21
nutrition knowledge and 11 attitude statements, was utilized to assess the level of
nutrition knowledge and attitude of adolescent swimmers. For the assessment of
nutrition knowledge, correct answers were given a score of "1 n and incorrect
answers were given a score of"O": For the evaluation of attitude towards nutrition, a
score ranging from "1-5" was assigned to each response, "Sn was given to the most
positive response and "1"was given to the most negative. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.0. ANOVA was used to compare nutrition knowledge and attitude
between sex, age, level of education, and number of nutrition classes attended.
Pearson correlation was used to evaluate the relationship between nutrition
knowledge and attitude.
Results: The sample comprised of 220 swimmers with a mean age of 14.56 ± 2.544.
The mean nutrition knowledge score was 1 0.97 ± 2.897 and mean attitude score
was 41.69 ± 6.215. Nutrition knowledge was positively and significantly related to
the number of reported nutrition sources (p = 0.005). Nutrition knowledge was
positively and significantly related to the attitude (p = 0.027).
Conclusions: Athletes lack nutrition knowledge but have a positive attitude
towards nutrition, which may indicate receptiveness to future nutrition education.
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