scholarly journals Nutrition Information Sources Used By Amateur Bodybuilding Athletes Around Polokwane Municipality In Limpopo Province, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylven Masoga
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Nutrition Information ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Nutritional Information ◽  
Consent Forms ◽  
Ethical Approval ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Source Of Information

Abstract Background: There is a growing number of athletes participating in bodybuilding sport around the Limpopo Province. However, little is known about the nutrition information sources used by these athletes to guide their decisions during sports performance. Therefore, the researcher aimed at closing this gap through the investigation of nutrition information sources used by the bodybuilding athletes around one of the largest municipalities (Polokwane) in Limpopo Province. Methods: A quantitative descriptive study design was adopted to purposively sample 51 out of 60 amateur bodybuilding athletes in gyms around Polokwane municipality. Ethical approval and permission were obtained from the MEDUNSA Research and Ethics Committee (MREC) and coaches respectively. Athletes signed informed consent forms after the purpose of the study was explained. Data were collected at gyms in the evenings using self-designed questionnaires. The athletes’ demography, training information, and nutrition sources were collected. The SPSS (23) was used to analyse data using descriptive tests. Results: A Few athletes (11.8%) trained as bodybuilders for ≤6 months, while most athletes (66.7%) had been training for >7 months to 2 years. The majority (86.3%) trained for ≥1hour during weekdays. Most of the athletes (37.3%) relied on coaches as their source of information, while 29.4% and 29.3% relied on social media and teammates respectively. Only 4.0% used a professional for nutrition information. Conclusion: The bodybuilding athletes around Polokwane municipality mostly used coaches as sources for nutritional information.Trial registration: Not Applicable.

scholarly journals Health Information Provided by Retail Health Food Outlets

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 767-771 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaclyn Calder ◽  
Robert Issenman ◽  
Ruth Cawdron
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Nutritional Supplements ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Research Assistant ◽  
Health Food ◽  
Herbal Supplements ◽  
Alternative Health ◽  
Food Stores ◽  
Source Of Information

Alternative health practices have become increasingly popular in recent years. Many patients visit specific complementary practitioners, while others attempt to educate themselves, trusting advice from employees at local health food stores or the Internet. Thirty-two retail health food stores were surveyed on the nature of the information provided by their staff. A research assistant visited the stores and presented as the mother of a child in whom Crohn’s disease had been diagnosed. Seventy-two per cent (23 of 32) of store employees offered advice, such as to take nutritional and herbal supplements. Of the 23 stores where recommendations were made, 15 (65%) based their recommendation on a source of information. Fourteen of the 15 stores using information sources used the same reference book. This had a significant impact on the recommendations; the use of nutritional supplements was favoured. In conclusion, retail health food stores are not as inconsistent as hypothesized, although there are many variances in the types of supplements recommended for the same chronic disease.

Nutrition Information Sources Used by Adolescents

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrice A. Thomsen ◽  
R. Dale Terry ◽  
Rosalie J. Amos
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Nutrition Information

scholarly journals Role of Farm Women in Sustainable Livelihood Pattern in Context of Information Needs

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Shashikant Divakar ◽  
Chandan Kumar Panda ◽  
Anil Paswan
Keyword(s):  
Disease Management ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Women Farmers ◽  
Farm Women ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Paddy Cultivation ◽  
Source Of Information

This study is to analyze information sources and information needs of women farmers of Banka and Bhagalpur district of Bihar. The research was undertaken for assessment of information needed for young farm women of age group of 18-35 years with respect to kharif paddy cultivation. Useful Information is the pivotal for successful kharif paddy cultivation. In the study area young farm women contribute immensely in kharif paddy cultivation.  Information helps in creating awareness about technologies and mobilize people to use them. It also helps in training people, organizing community and ultimately resulting in the development of the whole nation. Result of the study illustrated that farm women need more information about selling of product, pest control, nursery raising and disease management. The study also revealed that the most preferred source of information was personal localite i.e. Husband, Friend, Relatives and Neighbors and agri-input dealers.

scholarly journals Penonton Festival Film di Yogyakarta

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Dyna Herlyna Suwarto
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Young People ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Film Festival ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Repeated Visit ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Media Audience

This study explore the demography, behavior, the information needed and accessible media audience of the Festival Film Pelajar Jogjakarta (FFPJ), Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) and Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival. A quantitative descriptive method using questionnaire through convenience survey was employed. Finding show that most of the festival attendees are teenagers and young people who study in university. JAFF’s audience is more heterogeneous compares to other festivals. Repeated visit is relatively low. The most influential information sources are: friends recommendation, website and social media. Most of the festivalgoers choose the festival programs carefully based on website information and catalogue message.

scholarly journals Human face structure correlates with professional baseball performance: insights from professional Japanese baseball players

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 20130140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hikaru Tsujimura ◽  
Michael J. Banissy
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Professional Baseball ◽  
Human Face ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Height Ratio ◽  
Baseball Players ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Face Structure ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Source Of Information

In our daily lives, we use faces as a major source of information about other people. Recent work has begun to highlight how one's facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) is linked to a number of behaviours (e.g. deception, aggression and financial performance in firms). fWHR has also been linked to several factors that may be beneficial for sport (e.g. achievement drive, winning mentality and aggression). Despite this, few studies have examined the relationship between fWHR and sports performance, and these have focused on Caucasian sportsmen. Here, we investigated the relationship between fWHR and baseball performance in professional Japanese baseball players. We show that fWHR is positively related with home run performance across two consecutive seasons. The findings provide the first evidence linking fWHR to baseball performance and linking fWHR to behavioural outcomes in Asian participants.

Digital Libraries as Information Superhighway

2016 ◽  
pp. 304-315
Author(s):  
Prakash Dongardive
Keyword(s):  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Information Superhighway ◽  
Electronic Networks ◽  
Digital Contents ◽  
Virtual Libraries ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Source Of Information

During the decade of 1990s the term digital libraries become a recognized phrase for describing libraries that offer access to digital information by using a variety of networks, including internet and world wide web. Other synonyms used interchangeably with digital libraries are library without walls and electronic and virtual libraries because every online or virtual source of information is electronic source of information but every electronic information sources are not online or virtual form, so digital or electronic library includes digital contents and that can be delivered any time anywhere to the networked computer. Digital libraries provide remote access to the contents and the services of the libraries and other information sources combining an onsite collection of current and heavily used materials in both print and electronic form with an electronic networks which provide access to and delivery for worldwide libraries and commercial information and knowledge sources. Basically the digital libraries are the metaphor for the networked libraries. In the light of this therefore, this chapter discussed digital libraries as information superhighway looking at issues like factors responsible for the emergence of digital libraries, influence internet on digital libraries, etc.

Accuracy, inter-unit reliability and comparison between GPS and UWB-based tracking systems for measuring centripetal force during curvilinear locomotion

2020 ◽  
pp. 175433712096160
Author(s):  
Paulino Granero-Gil ◽  
Alejandro Bastida-Castillo ◽  
Daniel Rojas-Valverde ◽  
Carlos D Gómez-Carmona ◽  
Ernesto de la Cruz Sánchez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Team Sports ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Centripetal Force ◽  
Sports Performance ◽  
Tracking Systems ◽  
Force Measurements ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Ethical Approval ◽  
Elite Level ◽  
Centripetal Forces

Curvilinear locomotion is important for team sports performance and requires data collection and monitoring of centripetal forces. Currently, the centripetal force can be measured by different sensors that compose inertial devices, but its accuracy needs to be assessed. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze the accuracy and inter-unit reliability of both global positioning (GPS)-based and ultra-wideband (UWB)-based systems for practical application in the field. Following institutional ethical approval and familiarization, 10 elite-level male soccer players performed six circuits on four tracks (6-m radius circle, 9.15-m radius circle, 12-m radius circle, and combined track locomotion) in both directions (three counter-clockwise and three clockwise) and were monitored by two tracking systems (GPS and UWB). The direct measurement was compared with the theoretical centripetal force calculated by photocells and spatial references. The UWB technology showed better accuracy (clockwise, bias =−1.34 N; counter-clockwise, bias = 1.09 N) than the GPS (clockwise, bias = −2.19 N; counter-clockwise, bias = 1.75 N) in centripetal force measurements. However, both tracking technologies obtained very large to nearly perfect reliability results (GPS: ICC = 0.76-0.96; UWB: ICC = 0.76–0.98). In conclusion, even though both technologies proved to be reliable and data could be compared between units, the UWB-based system demonstrated better accuracy than the GPS-based system to detect centripetal force during curvilinear locomotion.

The Laws of Anchoring When There are Two Anchors

1980 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 468-470
Author(s):  
Dan Zakay
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
Source Of Information

A study was conducted to explore the phenomenon of anchoring in situations where two anchors are presented. It was hypothesized that subjects will use the subjective reliability perceived for each source of information as a weight. Three types of anchoring behaviours were founds 1) The algebraic mean of the two potential anchors was used as an anchor. 2) The most reliable source of information was used as an anchor. 3) None of the information sources were used as an anchor.

scholarly journals Awareness of prevention of teenage pregnancy amongst secondary school learners in Makhado municipality

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giliana M. Maxwell ◽  
Makondelele Radzilani-Makatu ◽  
James F. Takalani
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
South African ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Sexuality Education ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Background: Sexuality plays a very significant role in the lives of both boys and girls. It is, therefore, considered important for schools to recognise and accept sexuality as part of the development process of the child. Professor Kader Asmal (previous South African Minister of Education) suggested that the earlier the school begins to teach learners about sexuality, the better because they can be easily misled by their peers if proper guidance regarding their sexuality is not given.Aim: The current study was conducted to assess the awareness of teenagers on the prevention of teenage pregnancy (TP) in six secondary school learners situated in the Soutpansberg-West circuit, Makhado Municipality in Limpopo province.Setting: The study was conducted at six secondary schools situated in the Soutpansberg-West circuit, Makhado Municipality in Limpopo province in 2014.Methodology: A quantitative descriptive survey study was conducted where data were collected, using self-administered questionnaires, from 381 systematically sampled participants from six secondary schools situated in the Soutpansberg-West circuit, Makhado Municipality in Limpopo province. Data were analysed descriptively using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, version 22.0. Necessary approval procedures and ethical clearance were obtained prior to data collection.Results: Ninety-four percent of participants agreed that TP can be prevented through abstaining from sex, whilst 65% of participants agreed that TP could be prevented by using contraceptives such as pills and injections. Eighty-three percent of participants agreed that T Pcould be prevented through the use of condoms. Seventy-four percent participants disagreed that bathing after sex prevents teenage pregnancies. Furthermore, 28% participants agreed that TP can be prevented by oral sex.Conclusion: The conclusion drawn was that learners are aware of the measures for preventing TP.Keywords: Effectiveness, Sexuality Education, Teenage Pregnancy, Teenagers.

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