Estado nutricional y hábitos alimentarios de futbolistas del equipo Manta Futbol Club durante el período de mayo – agosto 2018.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the nutritional status and dietary habits of professional soccer players who belong to the Manta Futbol Club team in the period May - August 2018. The study has a quantitative research approach of type not experimental and transversal. The techniques of the investigation were the anthropometric evaluation and the direct interview with the soccer players, in order to know their eating habits; The instruments used were frequency surveys of food consumption and nutritional records, to record their data: weight, BMI, percentage of body fat, skeletal muscle mass, which we used an electric bioimpedance balance, The results according to their BMI show that the entire study population is in normal weight, that is, they have an adequate nutritional status of. The assessment we made to soccer players in the month of July and August and relating the two values gave us as a result that there was a minimum increase in muscle mass in several of the players and 1 of them passed the range of 50 + / -1. Also in the period of July-August there was a decrease in percentage of fat, where the majority fell between 2- 4%. Eating habits according to the frequency of consumption reflected that the foods most consumed are whole milk, cereals such as rice, red meat. With the conclusion that making a change in eating habits can improve nutritional status and physical performance.