Relación entre el estado nutricional y rendimiento deportivo en deportistas de alto rendimiento de la Federación Deportiva de Morona Santiago, Macas 2012.

Abstract

Relationship study between the nutritional status and athletic performance in elite athletes of the Sports Federation ¡n Morona Santiago. Non-experimental design research, cross-sectional type. The sample was 52 athletes and 7 disciplines. The research collected data on nutritional status assessment by anthropometry: BMI (Body Mass Index) combined with the fat mass percentage, resulting from the use of bioimpedance scale TANITA TBF-300A, biochemical data: albumin and creatlnine levels, dietary data: consumer survey frequency. Athletic performance was measured by number of medals awarded ¡n the "Cuenca 2013 National Championship". For results validation statistical programs such as: Excel 2010 and JMP 5.1 were used. From the total sample 59.6% female and 40.4% male, ages ranging from 13 to 17 years 65.4% and from 18 to 22 years 34.6%, 67.3% mixed race, 25.0% shuar and 9.6% black. The sports performance nutritional status showed that the athletes with a normal nutritional status get a better performance (0.7) related to the underweight and lower sports performance (0.1), normal body fat percentage and increased athletic performance (0.75), percentage of fat mass in deficit and reduced athletic performance (0.2). The Sports Federations in our Country must have nutrition professionals who are responsible for periodically evaluating the athlete's nutritional status.