Food and supplementation intake assessment in bodybuilders (resistance training practitioners) of Hortolandia-SP academies

Abstract

Introduction: Physical exercises brings many benefits to people, and must be combined with a proper nutrition to provide healthier life and aesthetics improvement. Aim: Evaluate the food and supplementation ingestion by resistance training practitioners. Materials and Methods: Field research was conducted with 102 practitioners of bodybuilding, men and women, enrolled in academies located in the city of Hortolandia-SP. It was applied a semi-structured interview form, the evaluation of habitual food ingestion and body composition assessment. We used the statistical program STATA version 13.1, with the distribution of data across the Shapiro-Wilk test, Qhi-Square test or Fisher's Exact test, Student's t test and Mann Whitney test, numerical variables were described as mean, standard deviation (SD) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results and Discussion: 62.75% of the participants were male and 37.25% female, mean age 30.9 ± 10.6 years, mean weight was 74.4 C (± 13.5) kg and mean BMI 25.7 (± 3.3) kg/m². 46% (n = 47) of respondents use any kind of supplementation, and only 9% (n = 4) sought guidance from a nutritionist. There were significant differences in body fat% between genders. Relative to the total daily intake, there were significant differences in protein and carbohydrates for those using supplements. Conclusion: practitioners of physical activity should be made aware of adequate food intake and the correctly use of supplements. Therefore, it was emphasized the importance of the guidance from a professional nutritionist in assistance of food and supplements intake.