Supplement consumption among fitness center user in Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Abstract
The increase of the number of academies of gymnastics in the last years, associate to the increase of offers of diverse supplements in the market place, caused interest to study the consumption of supplements in a gymnastics academy. The objective of the research was to trace the profile of the consumers of supplements. In one sample of 150 attenders of a gymnastics academy, in the city of Linhares, ES, 42 (28%) consumed some type of supplement, of which 78.58% were of male sex and 21.42% of the female sex. The supplements more consumed had been proteins and amino acids (49.31%) and the biggest consumption frequency was daily (87%). The age band predominant of consumption occurred in men and women between 19 and 27 years old, the majority with high school, complete or not. More than 70% of the users had the purpose of muscular mass increasing. The main sources of orientation for the consumption had been nutritionists (33.33%) and professors or instructors of academy (26.20%). The gotten results had allowed to conclude that the use of supplements was similar to the others found in literature, being significant, and evident the necessity of new studies on the consumption and the effect of these products, emphasizing the nutritional education of the involved with the practical of sport, thus increasing, the degree of information on such products, guaranteeing the security in its use.
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