Consumption of dietary supplements for praticants of physical activity in Cuite fitness centers, Paraí­ba

Abstract

Currently, many people seek some sports practice to better quality of life, disease prevention, and especially a esthetics. Thus, the consumption of dietary supplements is increasing progressively, since these are a fast alternative to achieve the objectives. Therefore, the present study aims to characterize the consumption of dietary supplements for physically active individuals in fitness centers in the city of Cuité, Paraí­ba. After approval by the ethics committee, were applied questionnaires to 70 athletes and sports praticants in two academies belonging to Cuité city. The results showed that 58.57% were male. Among the respondents, 48.57% declared to use supplements, where these, 73.53% were male. Weight training was the mostre ported practice (57.98%). A esthetics (37.39%) and muscle hypertrophy (26.19%) were identified as the main reason and purpose of physical activity, respectively. The most frequently mentioned supplements were protein (26.92%) and amino acids (20.51%), where the indication of the supplement in 50% of cases wason its own initiative, using only the day practicing the activity (61.76%). Therefore, in order to reduce the indiscriminate use of supplements, it is necessary nutritional counseling of athletes and physically active individuals, aiming to improve the information and ensure security in the use of the products.