摘要：ABSTRACT Theaim of our study is to investigate the dietary habits of amateur andprofessional football players and their differences.Ahundred football players actively playing football during the 2013-2014 footballseason in 2nd League A Category, 2nd League B Category, 3rd League, 1st Amateurand 2nd Amateur Leagues participated in our study. A questionnaire thatconsists of 17 personal information and nutritional habits questions wasdeveloped based on the literature and was filled out by the players todetermine their nutritional habits. Therewere statistically significant differences between the groups at p<0.01level across their education level on nutrition issues, number of meals,alcohol and cigarette use, daily fluid intake, pre-game fluid intake, pre-gamefoods consumed, liquids and food consumed outside of three regular meals,late-time meals, regular supplementary products and last food before games.There were statistically significant differences between the groups atp<0.05 level across information resource on nutrition issues, skipped meals,fluid intake during training, late time meals, attention to expiration dateswhile shopping.Inconclusion, consistent with previous studies in the literature it is found thatamateur and professional football players don’t have good nutrition informationand habits. Clubs,coaches and athletes looking for success on a national and international levelshould consult and collaborate with a nutritionist. We believe that it will bevery useful to train athletes and coaches, with seminars, courses, panels, etc.and to have an expert dietitian in sports clubs, and to emphasize theimportance of this issue in written and visual media.
关键词：Football Players;Sports Nutrition;Amateur Football Player;Professional Football Player;Nutrition Habits
