Dietary Supplement Consumption and Micronutrient Intake Status in Bodybuilders
Background and purpose: Little information is available about micronutrients intake in bodybuilding athletes taking supplements. This study aimed at investigating dietary supplements usage and micronutrients intake in male and female bodybuilders. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study wa...
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| author | Mohammad Hossein Sharifi Arash Homayouni Meymandi Malihe Sousani Tavabe Siavash Babajafari |
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| description | Background and purpose: Little information is available about micronutrients intake in bodybuilding athletes taking supplements. This study aimed at investigating dietary supplements usage and micronutrients intake in male and female bodybuilders.
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was performed among bodybuilders in bodybuilding clubs in Shiraz. Information about consumption of dietary supplements were collected using a questionnaire and Food Frequency Questionnaire (168 items) was completed to assess the micronutrients intake based on the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA).
Results: The participants (n= 270) included 175 (64.8%) males (mean age: 33.6±2.5 years). In this study, 115 (65%) males and 45 (47%) females used dietary supplements. The study showed a significant difference in the rate of supplement use based on gender (P<0.000), age group (P<0.006), and level of education (P<0.001). Furthermore, bodybuilding trainers were the major source of dietary education (62.4%), while nutritionists and physicians accounted for nutritional advice to only 17.4% of the participants. Findings indicated low micronutrients (vitamin D, calcium, magnesium, and zinc) intake in male athletes based on RDA. There was also low intake of vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin B9, calcium, iron, and magnesium in female athletes.
Conclusion: Prevalence of supplement use was high in male and female bodybuilders, however, they suffer from low intake of micronutrients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d931c0e230e34d229d8ae3bfb4197a732023-02-28T07:59:23ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792022-03-0131206143153Dietary Supplement Consumption and Micronutrient Intake Status in BodybuildersMohammad Hossein Sharifi0Arash Homayouni Meymandi1Malihe Sousani Tavabe2Siavash Babajafari3 BSc in Nutrition, Nutrition Research Center, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran MSc in Biostatistics, Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Associate Professor, Nutrition Research Center, School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Assistant Professor, Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Background and purpose: Little information is available about micronutrients intake in bodybuilding athletes taking supplements. This study aimed at investigating dietary supplements usage and micronutrients intake in male and female bodybuilders. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was performed among bodybuilders in bodybuilding clubs in Shiraz. Information about consumption of dietary supplements were collected using a questionnaire and Food Frequency Questionnaire (168 items) was completed to assess the micronutrients intake based on the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA). Results: The participants (n= 270) included 175 (64.8%) males (mean age: 33.6±2.5 years). In this study, 115 (65%) males and 45 (47%) females used dietary supplements. The study showed a significant difference in the rate of supplement use based on gender (P<0.000), age group (P<0.006), and level of education (P<0.001). Furthermore, bodybuilding trainers were the major source of dietary education (62.4%), while nutritionists and physicians accounted for nutritional advice to only 17.4% of the participants. Findings indicated low micronutrients (vitamin D, calcium, magnesium, and zinc) intake in male athletes based on RDA. There was also low intake of vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin B9, calcium, iron, and magnesium in female athletes. Conclusion: Prevalence of supplement use was high in male and female bodybuilders, however, they suffer from low intake of micronutrients.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-17491-en.htmlbodybuildersdietary supplementsmicronutrient intake |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Hossein Sharifi Arash Homayouni Meymandi Malihe Sousani Tavabe Siavash Babajafari Dietary Supplement Consumption and Micronutrient Intake Status in Bodybuilders Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences bodybuilders dietary supplements micronutrient intake |
| title | Dietary Supplement Consumption and Micronutrient Intake Status in Bodybuilders |
| title_full | Dietary Supplement Consumption and Micronutrient Intake Status in Bodybuilders |
| title_fullStr | Dietary Supplement Consumption and Micronutrient Intake Status in Bodybuilders |
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| title_short | Dietary Supplement Consumption and Micronutrient Intake Status in Bodybuilders |
| title_sort | dietary supplement consumption and micronutrient intake status in bodybuilders |
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