Secular changes in height, weight, body mass index and daily nutrition preferences in children during soccer recruitment camps
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| Formáid: | artículo original |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2012 |
| Cur Síos: | This study was conducted to compare secular changes in height, weight, and body mass index and to survey children’s daily nutrition, hydration preferences and preferred beverages while exercising. Soccer recruitment camps were organized by a professional Spanish soccer club in Costa Rica in December 2011. Participants were 884 children measured for anthropometrics and surveyed on nutritional practices and hydration preferences. Results indicated that children were significantly heavier, taller and had higher body mass indexes compared to Costa Rican national norms from year 1996-1998 (p < 0.05). Based on international z-score classifications, we found 10.4% underweight, 75.3% normal weight, 9.6% overweight, and 4.6 % obese children. In general, children consuming water daily were taller and heavier than children consuming powdered beverages (p < 0.05), carbonated beverages (p < 0.05), and coffee (p < 0.05); and children daily consuming natural juices were taller than children consuming carbonated beverages (p < 0.05). Children daily consuming water had higher BMI than children consuming powdered beverages (p = 0.008) and coffee (p = 0.003). However, these differences disappeared when age groups were taken into consideration for statistical analyses. In general, 92.2% of the participants had breakfast and consumed sports drinks (56.7%) while practicing sports, followed by water (36.1%), carbonated beverages (3.6%), natural juices (1.8%), powdered/sweetened beverages (1.5%), and energy drinks (0.3%). In conclusion, positive changes in secular growth were observed in Costa Rican children. Daily coffee consumption was related to lower height, weight and body mass index compared to hydrating with plain water. Sports drinks were widely consumed by children during exercise and energy drinks appear to be misleadingly promoted as sport drinks. |
| País: | Kérwá |
| Institiúid: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Kérwá |
| Teanga: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/103226 |
| Rochtain Ar Líne: | https://hdl.handle.net/10669/103226 https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2012.04068 |
| Palabra clave: | soccer children nutritional habits hydration nutrition preferences |