ALIMENTAÇÃO SAUDÁVEL E CONSUMO DE SUPLEMENTOS EM FREQUENTADORES DE ACADEMIAS

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study aims to analyze the knowledge about healthy eating of physical activity practitioners in gyms, as well as to evaluate the self-perception of the level of knowledge about healthy eating. This is a study with a descriptive character, quantitative analysis and cross-sectional approach. The population will be composed of practitioners of physical activity from three gyms in the city of Montes Claros-MG. The sample will consist of 72 individuals, of both sexes, aged between 18 and 40 years. For data collection, a questionnaire by Schimanoski, 2010, adapted for this study, will be used, containing 20 questions, 13 objective and 7 discursive questions related to knowledge about healthy eating, food sources of nutrients and use of nutritional supplements. The data presented in Figure 01 showed that the majority of respondents were women (54.2%), 47.2% believe they have knowledge of what a healthy diet is like, 72.2% report that food is essential for the practice of physical activity and 55.6% related that the macronutrient with the highest daily consumption should be protein. The data presented in figure 02 showed that 46.5% train more than a year, 80% believe they have knowledge about food supplements, 48.6% use food supplements daily, 15.3% use supplements more than two years, 53.5% believe they have achieved results with the use of food supplements and 30.3% had their supplementary prescription by a nutritionist. The data presented showed that the individuals in this study have limitations regarding healthy eating and use of food supplements. We highlight here the need for nutritional education for the public through professionals qualified for such attribution, in this case the nutritionist, but we remember that multidisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary work must happen to achieve success for the primary objective of the gym user, which is the Improved physical fitness in general.