Factors influencing feeding behavior of amateur athletes with visual disorders
Journal Title: Revista Uningá - Year 2021, Vol 58, Issue 1
Abstract
Visually handicapped is the name given to the person who has blindness or low vision. This impairment can bring with it many limitations that make the person dependent to move around, do some work and even feed. Feeding behavior is a set of actions that are associated from the moment in which food is chosen until its consumption, relating to everything that is involved in this process. With the objective of evaluating the feeding behavior of amateur athletes with visual disorders from a sport club in Belem/PA, a socioeconomic assessment questionnaire, clinical history and feeding behavior of the participant were used. Eleven visually impaired athletes participated in the survey, with age between twenty-five and fifty-four. The main eating practice observed was to eat more than it should besides dissatisfaction with one's own body. In addition to the evaluation of these questionnaires, statistical associations were also made through the Fisher Test. The biggest obstacles found to practice healthy food, were: publicity, supply, value of healthy food, lack of company, dependence and lack of autonomy. And the aspects that would facilitate healthy choices are: if they were more practical, attractive and tasty, we were more available at home and if participants didn’t depend on anyone. The body dissatisfaction was present among the participants. That said, the results of this study suggest that the visual disorders influence in the feeding behavior of the visually handicapped.
Authors and Affiliations
Lilian Madorra da Silva, Luanne Santos de Moraes, Paola Larissa Amador da Silva, Elenilma Barros da Silva.
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- DOI doi.org/10.46311/2318-0579.58.eUJ3678
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