Dietary Intakes and Food Habits of Wheelchair Basketball Athletes Compared to Gym Attendees and Individuals who do not Practice Sport Activity

Autor: Anna Raguzzini, Anna Lucia Fedullo, Valentina Cavedon, Elisabetta Toti, Sheila Bellito, Chiara Milanese, Marco Bernardi, Tommaso Sciarra, Ilaria Peluso, Elisabetta Bernardi
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Male
0301 basic medicine
Mediterranean diet
Endocrinology
Diabetes and Metabolism
Mediterranean
Diet
Mediterranean
Body composition
Eating
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Immunology and Allergy
Medicine
Paralympics
Spinal Dysraphism
Orthorexia nervosa
Sport
biology
Dietary intake
Italy
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Starvation symptoms
Wheelchair basketball
Food habits
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Spinal cord injury
Basketball
Dietary habit
wheelchair sport
Fat mass
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Humans
Spina bifida
Exercise
Spinal Cord Injuries
Nutrition
business.industry
Athletes
Feeding Behavior
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Wheelchair sport
Body Composition
Sedentary Behavior
Para-Athletes
Wheelchairs
Diet
030104 developmental biology
Physical therapy
Energy intakes
business
Zdroj: Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets. 22:38-48
ISSN: 1871-5303
DOI: 10.2174/1871530321666210208213046
Popis: Background: Mediterranean diet (Med-D) has been previously suggested for athletes, but Paralympics usually have a low intake of plant foods. Orthorexia nervosa (ON) can drive dietary intake of both athletes and gym attendees. Objective: We aimed to compare dietary intakes and food habits of elite wheelchair basketball athletes (WBA) and able-bodied individuals who practice or not sport activity and with different fat mass percentage (FM%). Methods: We recruited 15 WBA from the Italian National team and 3 control groups (15 each group): healthy individuals who do not practice any sport activity (NSA) and gym attendees with low (GAL, FM%18) FM%. Food consumption was monitored by 3-d diary, while Med-D scores and ON score were evaluated through standardized questionnaires. In WBA we also assessed Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction (NBD), GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), allergy questionnaire for athletes (AQUA) and Starvation Symptoms Inventory (SSI). Results: In WBA, ON correlated with GERD and SSI. WBA and GAH with eating behavior of ON had higher adherence to Med-D, whereas NSA had less adherence to Med-D. Sub-score including fruits, vegetables and legumes, was higher in the GAL and GAH groups compared to the WBA and NSA groups. Med-D was inversely related to animal protein intake (PRO-AN) in NSA and GAL. FM% was inversely related to PRO-AN in WBA and GAH, and to ON only in GAH. In WBA PRO-AN and vegetable protein intake correlated with both carbohydrate and energy intakes. Conclusions: In WBA, commitment to wellness (ON and Med-D adherence) could be a response to gastrointestinal and starvation symptoms. WBA should be involved in setting their own individualized dietary strategies.
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