Comparative analysis of the use of food supplements by representatives of adult power sports and physically active persons exercising in the gyms of Klaipėda city
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2020-12-02 |
Short Oral Scientific Presentation Session
Bibliogr.: p. 33
ISBN 978-9955-15-683-3
Abstracts included in the „Book of Abstracts“ were reviewed by one independent scientific referee: Kristina Berškienė, Algė Daunoravičienė, Alma Kajėnienė, Vilma Tamulionytė, Renata Žumbakytė-Šermukšnienė, Ernesta Gurskienė, Viktorija Kaktienė, Agnė Slapšinskaitė, Saulė Salatkaitė, Giedrė Vaičienė.
Introduction. Food supplements do not to play a main role in the nutrition, food supplements are needed to ensure normal nutrition of athletes, to fill nutritional gaps and help achieve the goal more quickly [1]. The frequency and variety of nutriotion supplements used by highly skilled athletes and physically active persons should vary, including individual body shape, training principle and physical capacity [2]. There are few studies in Lithuania that reflect the consumption of food supplements by persons of the power sports.Aim of the research: To determine the consumption of food supplements in the gyms of Klaipeda city by representatives of power sports and physically active persons. Research methods and organization. The research was conducted in 2020 at "Alex gym" and "K1 Academy" gyms of Klaipeda city. The research was approved by Lithuanian University of Health Science Bioethics Center (BEC-SR(M)-97). In total 80 of adults participated in the research. Persons of the research were selected as athletes of power sports and physically active persons over 18 years old. Under the Sports Act [3], persons were divided into 2 groups, in the first group there were physically active persons who don’t participate in sports competitions, in the second group there were representatives of the power sport who participate in high-mastery competitions, weightlifting, wrestling, boxing. Persons of the research were divided into 28 physically active men, 12 physically active women; 23 men of the power sports and 17 women of the power sports. The exclusion criterion was age under 18 and older than 75 years. Data were collected using a survey. The survey consisted of 11 questions. The reliability of the survey was verified. Survey questions were provided with possible answers variants, to clarify the frequency and variety of food supplements used by athletes. MS Office software "Excel" and "SPSS" 26.0 were used for sta[...].