Avaliação da composição corporal, consumo alimentar e uso de recursos ergogênicos por praticantes de atividade física em academias

Abstract

The number of people engaged in physical activities at gyms has increased in recent years, but the physical exercise program is not always accompanied by a nutritional orientation. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to evaluate body composition and to analyze food consumption and the use of ergogenic nutritional and pharmacological resources used by physical activity practitioners from academies in the city of Itaqui-RS. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative-qualitative study conducted with 29 students between 18 and 59 years of age, where a questionnaire was applied to evaluate the use of ergogenic and pharmacological resources, an alimentary recall of 24h and the body composition evaluation was done through the method of skinfolds. According to the results observed, the percentage of fat of men was 14.75% (± 3.6) and that of women of 12.58% (± 4.9), being below the mean for age. In both genders, macronutrient intake was inadequate, where carbohydrates and protein resulted below recommended levels. The mean of the men's lipid percentage was 33% ± (7.4), which was higher than the recommendation. All participants had fiber intake below the recommendation of 27.31g (± 3.6) men and 18.66 (± 5.2) women. The mean iron intake was also higher than the recommended values. The inadequacy of vitamin C intake was higher among men with 48.23 (± 22.5). In relation to the consumption of supplements 45% reported to make use of some type of supplement and referring to the use of anabolic 6% reported to use. It is concluded that the researched population presents eating habits that do not adequately meet their daily nutritional needs. Therefore, it is of extreme importance the insertion of the sports nutritionist inside gyms to improve the nutritional profile of this population.