Social media contains a wealth of nutrition information and proposes a cost-effective, highly engaging platform to deliver nutrition information to athletes. This study used an online questionnaire to determine whether New Zealand athletes are using social media as a source of nutrition information and to understand perceptions of social media as a nutrition resource. Quantitative data were analyzed using t tests, chi-squared tests, and logistic regression analysis. Inductive thematic analysis was adopted for the qualitative data. From the 306 athletes who completed the questionnaire, 65% reported social media use for nutrition purposes in the past 12 months. Social media use was predicted by both athlete status and gender. Female athletes were more likely to have used social media for nutrition purposes (odds ratio = 2.7, 95% confidence interval [1.52, 4.62], p = .001) than males. Elite athletes were less likely to have used social media for nutrition (odds ratio = 0.44, 95% confidence interval [0.24, 0.83], p = .011) than recreational athletes. Athletes commonly used social media for practical nutrition purposes, including recipes and information about restaurants/cafes. Perceived advantages of social media as a nutrition resource included ease of access, well-presented information, personal connectedness, and information richness. Athletes' primary concern for obtaining nutrition information from social media was information unreliability.

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社交媒体作为运动员的营养资源：跨部门调查。

社交媒体包含大量营养信息，并提出了一个具有成本效益的，高度参与的平台，向运动员提供营养信息。这项研究使用在线问卷调查来确定新西兰运动员是否正在使用社交媒体作为营养信息的来源，并了解社交媒体作为营养资源的看法。使用t检验，卡方检验和逻辑回归分析对定量数据进行分析。定性数据采用归纳主题分析。在完成问卷调查的306名运动员中，有65％的人表示在过去12个月中社交媒体用于营养目的。社交媒体的使用是通过运动员的身份和性别来预测的。女运动员更有可能出于营养目的而使用社交媒体（优势比= 2.7，比男性高95％的置信区间[1.52，4.62]，p = .001）。与休闲运动员相比，优秀运动员不太可能使用社交媒体获取营养（优势比= 0.44，95％置信区间[0.24，0.83]，p = .011）。运动员通常将社交媒体用于实用营养目的，包括食谱和有关餐馆/咖啡馆的信息。社交媒体作为营养资源的感知优势包括易于访问，信息清晰呈现，人脉关系和信息丰富性。运动员从社交媒体获取营养信息的主要关注是信息的不可靠性。运动员通常将社交媒体用于实用营养目的，包括食谱和有关餐馆/咖啡馆的信息。社交媒体作为营养资源的感知优势包括易于访问，信息清晰呈现，人脉关系和信息丰富性。运动员从社交媒体获取营养信息的主要关注是信息的不可靠性。运动员通常将社交媒体用于实用营养目的，包括食谱和有关餐馆/咖啡馆的信息。社交媒体作为营养资源的感知优势包括易于访问，信息清晰呈现，人脉关系和信息丰富性。运动员从社交媒体获取营养信息的主要关注是信息的不可靠性。