Understanding Sports Nutrition Knowledge of High School Athletes and Influencers

The objective of this testing is to gain a better understanding of sports nutrition knowledge in high school athletes and their influencers (coaches, strength and conditioning coaches, athletic therapists, dieticians). Since the sports nutrition knowledge of the high school athletes will be limited, nutrition behaviors will be assessed to infer knowledge of sports nutrition.

The secondary objective is to determine the primary sources of nutrition knowledge in these populations.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sports Nutrition
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Survey of sports nutrition knowledge

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 49
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Bradenton, Florida, United States, 34210
      • Remote survey, no facility visits. Survey managed by PepsiCo at IMG Academy

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 14 years to 19 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria for Athletes

1. Participants are male or female between 14-19 years of age, inclusive.
2. Participants must be participating on a high school varsity team, or Amateur Athletic Union, National, or State travel team.
3. Participants must be attending high school in the United States.
4. Participant understands what is required to complete the study and signs forms providing informed consent to complete the questionnaire
5. Participant or legal guardian is able and willing to sign the Informed Consent Form.

Inclusion Criteria for Influencers

1. Participants must be currently coaching, or a practitioner for a high school varsity team, or an Amateur Athletic Union, National, or State, travel team of high school students aged (14-19 years).
2. Participants must work with/at a high school in the United States.
3. Participant understands what is required to complete the study and signs forms providing informed consent to complete the questionnaire

Exclusion Criteria for Athletes

1. Participant has a condition the Investigator believes would interfere with his or her ability to provide informed consent, which might put the individual at undue risk.
2. Participant is pregnant.

Exclusion Criteria for Influencers

1. Participant has a condition the Investigator believes would interfere with his or her ability to provide informed consent, which might put the individual at undue risk.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: Survey for student athletes; 15 to 20 minute online questionnaire completed using Qualtrics	Other: Survey of sports nutrition knowledge; Questionnaire
Other: Survey for influencers of student athletes; 15 to 20 minute online questionnaire completed using Qualtrics	Other: Survey of sports nutrition knowledge; Questionnaire

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Better understand the level of sports nutrition knowledge of high school athletes	Measured by determining the number of respondents that score greater than 75 percent on the sports nutrition knowledge questionnaire. A higher score is better than a lower score.	To complete a one-time 15 to 20 minute online questionnaire they may access at any time using a cell phone, computer, or tablet.
Better understand the level of sports nutrition knowledge of influencers of high school athletes	Measured by determining the number of respondents that score greater than 75 percent on the sports nutrition knowledge questionnaire. A higher score is better than a lower score.	To complete a one-time 15 to 20 minute online questionnaire they may access at any time using a cell phone, computer, or tablet.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Determine the primary sources of information for sports nutrition knowledge from high school athletes	Measured by the sources if information selected in the survey. Credible sources of information would be better.	To complete a one-time 15 to 20 minute online questionnaire they may access at any time using a cell phone, computer, or tablet.
Determine the primary sources of information for sports nutrition knowledge from influencers of high school athletes	Measured by the sources if information selected in the survey. Credible sources of information would be better.	To complete a one-time 15 to 20 minute online questionnaire they may access at any time using a cell phone, computer, or tablet.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: PepsiCo Global R&D
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Sara Oikawa, PhD, PepsiCo, Inc. Sports Science

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 22, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): December 22, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: December 9, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 19, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): December 20, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 3, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 30, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: survey; sports nutrition; nutrition knowledge
• Other Study ID Numbers: PEP-2109

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No