Assessment of macronutrients intake status and energy expenditure of elite Paralympic athletes in Tabriz

Abstract

Purpose: Paralympic games festival are the most important competitions for disabled people in the worldthat is held regularly every four years. Competing in sport tournaments and having high performance intourney needs different schemes such as good nutrition. So the purpose of this study was to assess themacronutrients intake status and energy expenditure of elite Paralympic athletes in Tabriz.Methods: thirty five elite Paralympic athletes in Tabriz (24 men and 11 women: BMI: 25.8 and 22.9 kg.m−2,Body fat percentage: 22.6 and 28.7%, WHR: 0.96 and 0.85) filled consent and general information forms.Three-day self-reported food diaries and energy expenditure were analyzed. Macronutrients, fiber andcalorie intake were calculated in Nutrition IV software. Energy expenditure and calorie of food intake invarious meals were analyzed too. Descriptive statistic was used for analyzing data.Results: Mean amount of calorie intake and daily energy expenditure in men and women was (3573.7, 3179.2in men and 2191.7, 2165.6 Kcal per day in women). Energy distribution in descending feature was in breakfast,lunch, dinner and snacks in men. It was in lunch, dinner, breakfast and snacks in women. Intake ofmacronutrients in elite Paralympic and fat intake in elite Paralympic was higher than reference values. Fiberintake in men athletes was lower than reference values but it was higher than reference values in women. Ingeneral, the calorie intake and energy expenditure in women were more favorable than men.Conclusions: The amount of macronutrients intake status in elite Paralympic men and fat intake in elite Paralympicwomen was more than reference values. Therefore, diet monitoring of Paralympic athletes seems necessary

Keywords

• keywords: nutrition
• elite
• macronutrients
• paralympic athletes