Autor según el artículo: Pacheco Gabaldón R; González Peris M; Romeu Ferran M

Departamento: Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques

Autor/es de la URV: Romeu Ferran, Marta

Palabras clave: Sport Recommended daily intake Mediterranean diet Dietary potassium

Resumen: © 2018 Sociedad espanola de dietetica. All rights reserved. Introduction: The practice of competitive sport requires adapting the diet to provide adequate amounts of calories, proteins, vitamins and minerals. Objective: This study describes the estimated consumption of potassium in different groups of federated athletes to detect possible deficiencies and design future recommendations. Methods: Cross-sectional study with a group of young adults practicing competitive sport (n = 34) and a control group (n = 15). Body composition, adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the intake of foods rich in potassium are studied. Results: All groups are within normal weight (22.95 +/-2.7 Body Mass Index) although basketball players have a size and weight significantly higher than the rest. No group ingests the recommended daily amounts of potassium and there is a significant difference between cyclists and control group (2402.53 +/- 1308.95 vs. 629.44 +/- 412.41 mg / day), also observed in terms of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (5.20 +/- 2.11 vs 7.91 +/- 2.91 points). There are significant differences in the % of fat and % of muscle calculated by the formula of Faulkner or Carter, however, there are only differences between % of fat among cyclists and control population (30% less fat in cyclists). Discussion: The young adults studied have a low intake of potassium, compared to the recommendation of World Health Organization. In addition, its adherence to the Mediterranean diet is also deficient. When these young people participate in federated sport, their percentage of fat is lower and both parameters (recommended potassium intake and adherence to the Mediterranean diet) seem to improve. Conclusion: Health education initiatives in relation to potassium consumption will be necessary to correct the deficient intake of young adults.

Áreas temáticas: Saúde coletiva Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Farmacia Enfermagem Educação física Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Direcció de correo del autor: marta.romeu@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-2131-1858

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-04-16

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Nutricion Clinica Y Dietetica Hospitalaria. 38 (3): 161-167

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Pacheco Gabaldón R; González Peris M; Romeu Ferran M (2018). Nutri-K study: Evaluation of potassium intake and sport in young adults. Nutricion Clinica Y Dietetica Hospitalaria, 38(3), 161-167. DOI: 10.12873/383romeu

DOI del artículo: 10.12873/383romeu

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2018

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications