Avaliação nutricional e consumo alimentar de adolescentes praticantes de natação
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Adolescent athletes have higher energy needs and nutrients compared to individuals not physically active, being fundamental adequate nutrition for health maintenance and optimization of their performance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status, food consumption and sexual maturation of swimming teenagers. Nutritional assessment was performed by anthropometry: weight, height, and triceps skinfold (TSF) and subscapular, body mass index (BMI) and percent body fat (% BF). The food intake evaluation was performed by the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), the evaluation of the maturational stage by Tanner's self-assessment. We evaluated 22 adolescents, 63.6% male, mean age 14.3 ± 2.5 years, most showed maturational stage 4. The mean BMI was 21.64 ± 3.02 kg / m2 and the most classified as eutrophic. The sample showed a consumption of inappropriate macronutrients, with also inadequate caloric intake. The intake of micronutrients: zinc and vitamin C were appropriate in all categories, while calcium, sodium, potassium, iron and vitamin A showed inadequacy in any category in at least one of the sexes. The present study showed the need for monitoring of adolescent athletes to maintain adequate food both for training and for health.
Institution: Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Language: Portuguese
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2226756286