Meghan’s PhD research used behavioural science to understand the dietary behaviours of elite athletes to advance the professional practice of sports and exercise nutritionists. This was a great conversation for me personally, and professionally as Meghan’s research sparked my interest in behaviour change as a topic within the discipline of Performance Nutrition. In this episode we discuss Meghan’s experience of conducting a sports nutrition behavioural analysis underpinned by the COM-B model and Theoretical Domains Framework and the conflict that she felt when supporting athletes performance, health, and wellbeing within high-performance sport. We also discuss the tools that practitioners can use in their own  environments and we unpack how the values of the practitioner can shape relationships with athletes and colleagues within the sport science, medicine, and coaching team.

Meghan uses her knowledge of behavioural science to provide an insight to her research and practice. We discuss why we feel behaviour change has become an integral part of our role as practitioners and signpost listeners to various resources to help support their curiosity of behavioural science.

BDA Course - Dietary behaviour change of athletes booking link
https://www.bda.uk.com/practice-and-education/education/your-cpd/bda-classroom-courses/dietary-behaviours-of-athletes.html

Motivational Interviewing use in Nutrition - Hugh Gilmore Podium Psychology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1_fIayDFc

Motivational Interviewing Analysis - Hugh Gilmore Podium Psychology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LjubafTwCA