Calidad de la dieta y estado nutricional en gimnastas de artística femenina de la Federación Deportiva de Chimborazo, 2012.

Abstract

The following research has a non experimental transversal design in order to determine the influence of diet quality on the nutritional status of women’s artistic gymnastics of Federación Deportiva de Chimborazo. By means of surveys, some socioeconomic characteristics, diet quality, pubertal maturation and nutritional status were evaluated; the data were tabulated by using Microsoft Excel, JMP5.1. programs. The socioeconomic characteristics showed that the most prevailing population is (31,7%) high popular stratum, (28,3%) upper high stratum, and (26,7%) low popular stratum. The diet quality was determined through the consumption frequency and a 24-hour reminder according to an estimated loss of energy, it was detected that there is an insufficient dietary energy consumption (23,3%), and high consumption at the same time (20%), a low consumption of folic acid (81,7%), calcium (81,7%), and iron (51,7%) was also determined. Teen gymnasts are slow matures who are in status 3 (56%). The gymnasts were diagnosed with (30%) extreme malnutrition, (26,7%) malnutrition and (25%) overweight what is related to an insufficient energy intake in malnourished gymnasts, while in overweigh gymnasts it is related to a high energy consumption.