Application of the ten steps of healthy food and ten steps of adequate and healthy food and anthropometrical evaluation of Pilates practicing in a gym of the north of Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The physical exercise and healthy food influence the recovery of the several factors related to human health. The aimof this study was evaluatedthe nutritional profile before and after the application of the ten steps of healthy food and ten steps of adequate and healthy foodand anthropometrical evaluation of Pilates practicing in a gym of theNorth of Rio Grande do Sul.The search was performed with 22 individuals Pilates practicing, in two steps.The Ten steps of healthy food were applied to a group (group one) and the Ten Steps of adequate and healthy food to another group (group two). Also, anthropometric measurements were taken and calculated the BMI.The individuals evaluated were 18 years of age or older. Most ofthe sample (90.90%, n = 20) was female and only 9.09% (n = 2) were male.The mean BMI of adult individuals in the Ten Healthy Food group was classified as eutrophic(62.5%) and elderly individuals were overweight (100%) in both evaluations.In the group of Ten Steps of adequate and Healthy Food all individuals were overweight in the first evaluation. The measures of Waist circumference in groups and evaluation, 75% of the subjects presented some risk for CVD.Even Pilate’s practitioners having access to nutritional information in both groups receiving nutritional guidance did not show significant results, but there were changes in BMI and WC values.