Evaluation of consumption of food supplements for practitioners of physical activity in fitness center in Botucatu-SP

Increasingly, practitioner shave sought to exercise dietary supplements. This practice be comesworrisome, since the useofsupplements isindiscriminate andcareless, in most cases, which can causedamage to health.Factors such aspeer pressureand the mediain relation to theperfect body, contributing to t...

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Autores: Talon, Lidiana Camargo, Oliveira, Erick Prado de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Fisiologia do Exercício (IBPEFEX)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Nutrição Esportiva
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.rbne.com.br:article/376
Acceso en línea:https://www.rbne.com.br/index.php/rbne/article/view/376
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gyms
Supplementation
Protein
Body perception
Gimnasios
Suplementación
Proteína
Percepción del cuerpo
Palestre
Supplementazione
Percezione corporea
Academias
Suplementação
Percepção corporal
Acdemias
Proteina
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Sumario:Increasingly, practitioner shave sought to exercise dietary supplements. This practice be comesworrisome, since the useofsupplements isindiscriminate andcareless, in most cases, which can causedamage to health.Factors such aspeer pressureand the mediain relation to theperfect body, contributing to theincreased use ofsupplementswhich can cause healthdamaged.Considering thesefacts, the aimof this studywas evaluateprofile ofindividuals whouse supplementsin thecity ofBotucatu-SP. Of the total sample(n=180), 82 were womenand 98,men. Among thepeoplewho used nutritional supplements, 49 (86%) were men. Most of individualswho used supplements, consumedmainlyprotein supplements,withoutprofessional assistance,in order toincrease muscle massand wouldlike to weighless than thecurrent weight.For these reasons, greater effortsshould befocused onnutrition educationof the general public, toclarifythe importance andpriority ofproper nutritionandpropersupplementationindication, in cases wherethere is need.