Research Questionnaire
As I have
now collated a combination of research and literature I have gained new
information regarding a variety of sub-topics within the Nutrition and Well
Being of a performer. I decided to section my findings into subheading, creating
a questionnaire regarding the aspects of the topics that I wish to learn more
about. I believe that using these questions to communicate with a multiple of
students, performers and practitioners will build a range of views and opinions
which will be an incredibly useful source within my Professional Inquiry.
I would love
to here as much feedback with regards to my questionnaire as possible! I know
allot of people may struggle to find time to complete every question, but if
there is a question that interests you I would be excited to discuss this! Any
comments on this blog post would be greatly appreciated.
FOOD FACTS
- What
ingredients do you feel are paramount within a performer’s diet? Please could
you specify what common food types you eat on a daily basis and why?
- How
important is protein within your diet, what types of protein do you eat and how
regularly?
- In your
opinion should a performer be mindful of their carbohydrate intake? What types
of carbohydrates do you eat and how often, please list the most frequent & why
you eat them.
(Example: Chips / weekly / they are convenient and
filling
Pasta / less calorific but filling / can cook
in bulk)
- What is your
favourite meal and why?
- The phrase ‘Dancer’s Diet‘what would you perceive
this to mean and how reflective is this of your diet?
- Please specify
what you would eat in a typical day whilst training, teaching and performing:
Breakfast:
Lunch:
Tea:
Dinner:
Snacks:
Drinks throughout the day:
- Do you count
the amount of calories that you consume, if so is it on a daily basis, how many
calories do you consume in an average day ?
- Super Foods: Are you aware of this marketing terminology?
YES……… OR
NO………….. (Please ‘ ‘X’ where appropriate
)
If YES, please specify what supper foods
you eat and why
If NO, please say what you think this term
means and types of foods that come under this labelling;.....................
- Define nutrition and what it means to you:
- Have your
dietary habits changed over the past 5 Years if so why?
- Has a career
change influenced you to change your eating habits, please give a brief
explanation as to why and how your diet has changed?
- Is your diet
subject to medical conditions, as a performer please gives a brief out line as
to what types of food you avoid and what types of food maybe essential in
maintaining a healthy lifestyle?
- Please name
five foods that you would not eat and why :
EXAMPLE :
Chips / too high in fat content
- Are energy,
protein drinks incorporated within your diet? If so please specify what they
are and how often you consume them
EXAMPLE : Red Bull / whilst training to give me energy
Protein shake / Daily as
a Breakfast substitute for cereal
- As a
performer/ex performer do you monitor what types of food you eat on a daily basis?
If so why?
- Please list
the types of foods that make you feel good when you a
Eat them and
why
- Are there
any foods that you feel guilty when eating? If so please list
- Please list
the foods that you would like to eat but are prevented from eating due to your
mindset.
EXAMPLE :
Birthday cake/if I was to eat
this I would feel fat and have the urge to exercise to burn of the sugar
content.
- Do you
monitor your weight or body shape?
Please state how often and methods used
i.e. scales, BMI ,
or other means
- Are you
content with your body shape, if not what would you change?
- How do you
feel that a performer’s relationship with food compares with that of someone
not working with the Performing Arts industry?
- Do you feel
that a person’s mindset can deprive them from a balanced diet? If so please explain how
- What type of
foods excite you and why?
- Do you feel
that our minds are programmed to be obsessive about food?
For example, if we deprive ourselves of a
certain food e.g. chocolate, do we have the urge to think about it more and
desire it more because we are depriving ourselves of it?
- Can you
think of any examples that are specific to you and how you
Think?
- How
important is it for a performer to maintain a slim line figure, is this an
accurate assumption that most performers are astatically in proportion maybe
underweight?
- Do you feel
that long term a performer’s eating habits may impact their health? If so
please give your thoughts as to how their health would be affected?
- In your
opinion when is a performer deemed to thin?
- Out of 100
performers how many would you believe to have some form of an eating disorder?
MEDIA &
TECHNOLOGY
- Do you feel
that the media has bombarded us with too many fitness regimes and crash diets? Please specify what you feel is over
kill and how this impacts us as a consumer?
- ‘As a nation, we are obsessed with trying to achieve the unobtainable
by extreme/crash dieting’ ,
Please give
your thoughts with regards to this statement
- Do you feel that nutrition and good diet stems
from our childhood, what we eat at home and learning to cook whilst at school?
- Over the
last decade how to you feel that technology has influenced the way in which we
diet and exercise?
- What gadgets
if any do you use to record your fitness and nutritional intake?
OUR INDUSTRY
- Do you feel
that Performing Arts Establishments have a duty of care to monitor their student’s well-being, dietary habits? How can this be achieved?
- Do you feel
that the physic of a performer has changed over the years; is our industry more
accepting of a fuller/muscular body shape?
- Will our
industry always be dictated by stereotyping performers, generally requiring
them to be of a lean build?
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