ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Educ.
Sec. Digital Education
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2025.1622166
Educational Intervention Using a Mobile App to Enhance Sports Nutrition Knowledge and Dietary Habits in Student-Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Provisionally accepted
Walaa Jumah Alkasasbeh1*
Adam Tawfiq AMAWI2
Sabah Al-Nawaiseh1
Deefallah Alshorman1
Kawthar Shdefat1Thekra Awamleh2
Bekir Erhan Orhan3- 1Middle East University, Amman, Jordan
- 2University of jordan, Amman, Jordan
- 3Istanbul Aydin University, turkey, Türkiye
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This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of a mobile application intervention in enhancing Sports nutrition knowledge and improving dietary habits among university student-athletes. A total of 100 participants were randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 50), which used the "MyFitnessPal" mobile application for nutrition education, and a control group (n = 50) that received traditional lecture-based instruction.Over a three-month period, both groups completed pre-and post-intervention questionnaires assessing sports nutrition knowledge and dietary habits.Results showed that the experimental group experienced significantly greater improvements in both knowledge and DH compared to the control group (P < 0.05). These findings suggest that mobile applications like "MyFitnessPal" are more effective in enhancing nutritional awareness and promot ing healthier dietary behaviors than conventional methods.In conclusion, mobile application-based EI can significantly improve sports nutrition knowledge and dietary practices among university athletes, potentially leading to better athletic performance and overall health. Future studies should investigate the long-term effects of such interventions across broader athletic populations.
Keywords: Mobile application, Sports nutrition knowledge, Eating Habits, undergraduate student, Educational Interventions, dietary habits
Received: 02 May 2025; Accepted: 01 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Alkasasbeh, AMAWI, Al-Nawaiseh, Alshorman, Shdefat, Awamleh and Orhan. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Walaa Jumah Alkasasbeh, Middle East University, Amman, Jordan
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