Publication details
Changes to eating habits of young men after finishing a diving course
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | At the Military Academy Vyškov in the Czech Republic there are diving courses arranged for soldiers. The courses take two months. The young men coming to the courses have different eating habits that they have gained in the family and/or in the military crew. A diving training is very hard, both physically and mentally. Increased energy expenditure requires also an adequate energy dietary intake. It was investigated whether eating habits of soldiers have changed. The eating habits were investigated by anonymous questionnaire before opening a course and after finishing a course. Also anthropometric parameters were measured before opening and after finishing a course. It was measured: body weight, body height and body mass index that was calculated from the previous data. At the paper the results related to eating habits are presented. The diet composition was changed for all investigated soldiers after finishing a diving course. The consumption of pastry, fats and fruit for breakfast was smaller while consumption of dairy products, meat and vegetables increased. There was also increase in the number of soldiers who ate sweets after breakfast. The composition of lunch did not change much during the course. For dinner the consumption of meat products, fat foods, dairy products, potatoes, cereals orders, fruit and sweets has increased. After finishing the course, they preferred dinner to supper and they were eating mainly meat with potatoes and cereals. |