Caracterización de la ingesta calórica, la composición corporal y el somatotipo de los atletas que pertenecen al grupo Ultra de maratonistas en la ciudad de Guayaquil periodo mayo – agosto 2022.

Abstract

Sports nutrition is a science that has become a fundamental part of all sports. A marathon runner requires a high level of physical demand, resistance, speed, power and even a good psychological state, to reach high demands that this sport requires. Diet, body composition and somatotype play a huge role in the athlete's performance, and poor control of these factors could affect their performance, therefore the general objective of this research is to determine caloric intake through 24 hours reminder, the assessment of body composition using the measurement protocol proposed by the ISAK and determining the somatotype in the Ultra group of marathoners. The design used for this study is descriptive, with a quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional approach. In the analysis it was observed that 59% of the men and 48% of the women have an insufficient caloric intake of what is recommended for their activity, in addition to the data obtained in the body assessment it is observed that 43% of the men and more than 50% of the women are above the recommended with a higher % of body fat in the group. In the result of the somatotype, 41% of the men are within the meso-ectomorph classification, and the group of women, 28% are within the Endo-mesomorphic classification.