Avaliação da satisfação corporal e do estado nutricional de praticantes de musculação e sua relação com a presença de uma prescrição dietética

Abstract

Performing physical activity correctly and consistently is a primary aspect associated with the improvement in the quality of life, acting upon the mental health and rectifying the body´s composition along with preventing chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Despite of that knowledge, a large part of the population aspires, with the practice of physical activity, only the aesthetic benefit. Therefore, there was an increase in the demand for modalities that provide the purpose to fit into a beauty standard, by way of illustration, the bodybuilding. During its practice, the energy expenditure is associated with the interaction of different variables, and for this reason the follow-up of a nutritionist is fundamental for the individual to obtain maximum performance in training and manage to change his body composition. At the outset, an evaluation of the body composition must be done to measure the individual’s body fat level and classify their nutritional status. On that premise, the objective of this research is to evaluate the body satisfaction and the nutritional status of bodybuilders in addition to their relationship with the presence of a dietary prescription and taking the consumption of food supplementation in consideration into the bargain. The sample is composed of 30 individuals, including men and women bodybuilding practitioners. A questionnaire was used to assess body satisfaction as well as the consumption of food supplementation and its indication. Simultaneously, an anthropometric assessment was performed to measure weight, height and skinfolds. As for the nutritional status, it was identified that through the body mass index (BMI) all the women were eutrophic, the same did not happen when classifying by the percentage of body fat (%BF). When analyzing the consumption of supplements, it was observed in the sample that whey protein and creatine were the most used. As for the indication of the use of supplements, most were not guided by a nutritionist, among these, a large part used it on their own. When comparing body satisfaction between genders, women showed greater dissatisfaction with their image. When relating body satisfaction with nutritional monitoring, the group that was never followed up was more dissatisfied with their own image. Therefore, together with the practice of bodybuilding, the performance of a good nutritionist should contribute to good results and consequently to a better satisfaction of the individual with his body.