Evaluation of pre-training food consumption by society soccer players

Abstract

This is a field research, cross-over, held during stage undergraduate degree in nutrition. The sample consisted of a group of 49 society soccer players, male, a club in the city of São Paulo. The athletes studied were sub 13 and sub 15 categories and aged between 11 and 15 years. It was asked to athletes foods, liquids and supplements ingested up to four hours before training. Weight, height, BMI and body fat percentage showed heterogeneous results, considering minimum and maximum values.They were asked what they ate up to four hours before training. Although average BMI values present differences between the categories, the percentage of fat is similar, however, there is great heterogeneity among them, considering minimum and maximum values. No athlete was classified as underweight and most is eutrophic. The consumption of all macronutrients in g / kg, is less in sub 15 than in sub 13. Most athletes consumed, in the 4 hours before training, carbohydrates within the recommendations (1-4 g / kg) and proteins and lipids above 0.4g / kg and 0.3g / kg, respectively. Thus, it is concluded that the monitoring of a dietitian to ensure adequate food pre-training football players athletes use to improve health and performance is necessary.