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Makale Özeti:
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Substantial evidence denotes the ignorance of athletes concerning their required nutritional practices, as disclosed by
the extensive use of nutritional ergogenic aids to enhance performance. There has been extensive information on the use of
nutritional ergogenic aids among athletes in Western countries. However, little is known about the nutritional ergogenic aids used
among Malaysian athletes. This study was to evaluate the intake of nutritional ergogenic aids among team sport athletes in the
National Sports Institute, Malaysia. A total of 120 team sport athletes out of 400 athletes in the National Sports Institute, Malaysia
were invited to participate; they consisted of football, hockey, and Sepak Takraw athletes. There was a significant moderate positive
correlation between age (r=0.415, p=0.01) and year of participation (r=0.446, p=0.01) with the number of nutritional ergogenic aids
taken by the subjects. There was a significant weak positive correlation between physical activity level (r=0.231, p=0.05) and the
number of nutritional ergogenic aids taken by the subjects. In addition, there was a significant association between gender and the
nutritional ergogenic aids used among the subjects (χ2
=18.207, p<0.001). There was a significant association between type of sports
and nutritional ergogenic aid intake of the subjects (χ2
=31.264, p<0.001). The study indicated that the prevalence of nutritional
ergogenic aids used among team sport athletes in the National Sports Institute, Malaysia was lower (59.7%) when compared to
previous studies conducted in Western countries, and even in Singapore, with sports food and drinks (45.5%) as the most commonly
used nutritional ergogenic aids, followed by vitamins and minerals (27.3%) and protein (24.7%).
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