POSTER BİLDİRİLER - Spor Bilim

I. ULUSLARARASI FİZİKSEL AKTİVİTE, BESLENME VE SAĞLIK KONGRESİ
1 st INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, NUTRITION AND HEALTH CONGRESS
P37
Scientific Research on Usage of Nutritional Products Which are Used By Regular Members of
Fitness Centers in Ankara
Can Karadaş, Nevin Gündüz, Belgin Gökyürek
Aim: The aim of the research is to determine the usage levels of nutritional products fort he users of
fitness centers. Methods: Research/( the study) is applied to a total of 250 members in Ankara. These
250 individuals are regular members of 5 different fitness centers in 4 different neighbourhood. In
each different fitness center,research is applied to 30 males and 20 females. The findings are then
analyzed by SPSS. Data collection method is chosen to be questionairre. Literature research has been
made on the subject for this purpose and the survey has been prepared in consulation with experts.
Pre-survey was conducted on 50 members to determine the reliability of the survey. The
corresponding α-coefficient was chosen to be 0.759 which indicates that the measure is reliable.
Statistics program SDSS 17 has been used to analyze the research findings. Same program has been
used to determine frequencies and percentages. Furthermore T-test has been used to compare
survey questions and personal characteristics of respondents an done way analysis of variance. After
that, Tukey test has been used to determine the differences. Results: As a result of the search 58.8%
of respondents has been found to use nutritional products and 47.2% not. From the respondents
that use these products, 63,64% reported that they use protein powder as nutritional product. 49
percent of the respondents reported that they have knowledge about these products, 79 percent
were male 21 percent were female. Additonally usage of these products were reported to be 1 to 2
years. On account of increase in knowledge, there has been an increase in the usage of the
nutritional products. With the usage of these products, there has been an increase in muscle mass
and individual performance. On the other hand there has been seen some side effects like allergy
and diarrhea. Keywords: regular physical activity, usage of nutritional product
23 – 26 KASIM 2011 WOW KREMLİN PALACE, ANTALYA, TÜRKİYE
23 – 26 NOVEMBER 2011 WOW KREMLIN PALACE, ANTALYA, TURKEY 191