Estudo dietético de atletas amadores de Jiujitsu em Cuité-PB.

Abstract

The area of ​​sports nutrition has been on the rise in recent years, as, in the face of the most recent studies, there is no doubt about the importance of proper nutrition and individualized to make the athlete's maximum potential tangible. And it comes, each time more, attracting the focus of physical educators and nutritionists as part of a team in preparing the athlete for competition. It is no different in the preparation of the practitioner of jiu-jitsu, a sport that is gaining popularity in Brazil, and like others sports needs to be assisted by professionals who ensure the health of athletes in the constant oscillation of mass that the weight ranges of weight require in the period competitive. Considering that athletes have different nutritional needs of sedentary or moderately active individuals, the adequacy of consumption is questioned food against the established recommendations. In view of this, the present study evaluated the food consumption of amateur jiu-jitsu practitioners in the city of Cuité- PB, aiming to know their food and nutritional profile. The research is about a cross-sectional study of descriptive and quantitative analysis, which was composed of a sample of eleven athletes, ten males and one female, with age group between 18 and 35 years old. The information on anthropometry indicated that the average weight, height and fat percentage was 79.89 kg, 1.75 m, 14.51 % respectively. Information about food consumption was obtained using the 24-hour recall, applied on three alternate days, including the end of week. The results of the dietary assessment, obtained through the program vanutri® indicated that the eating habits of athletes do not include the principle of a balanced diet, as they are inadequate in the face of recommendations established for the sport. Regarding the content of energy and macronutrients, the diet of the studied athletes was hypocaloric, hypoglycidic, normoproteinic and normolipidic. In the micronutrient content, when observed the averages of consumption, most of the micronutrients presented themselves in agreement with the recommendations, however, some important micronutrients with a consumption below the recommendations (<EAR), where frame the findings of vitamins A and B5, calcium, magnesium and potassium, or above the recommendations (>UL), which include vitamin C, iron and sodium. the proper intake of minerals and vitamins, as the established recommendations are essential since, individually, these nutrients have particularities and, in in case of insufficiency or excess, they can cause damage to the health of those who are consuming wrongly. In this context, the need for guidance and individualized nutritional monitoring to adapt eating habits to in order to meet the nutritional requirements of the sport and, consequently, obtain improvement in sports performance.