Estado nutricional y condición física de futbolistas adolescentes luego del consumo de harina de pescado como complemento nutricional

Roberto Accinelli-Tanaka; Lidia López-Oropeza

doi:10.17843/rpmesp.2013.301.156

Authors

Roberto Accinelli-Tanaka Instituto de Investigaciones de la Altura, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. Médico neumólogo magister en Salud Pública.
Lidia López-Oropeza Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú. médico cirujano.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2013.301.156

Keywords:

Fish flour, Adolescent, Soccer, Sports, Nutritional status, Physical endurance

Abstract

The objective of the study is to identify the changes in the nutritional parameters and the physical condition of teenage players after eating fishmeal as a nutritional complement. For this purpose, a quasi-experimental study, blinded for investigators, was conducted, involving 100 teenage football players, divided in two groups, homogeneous in terms of all study parameters, one of which received fishmeal for four months. After evaluating the nutritional status and physical condition, before and after the intervention, no change was found in the nutritional and anthropometric status or laboratory results, or in the physical condition. However, those who received fishmeal did report a change in their hemoglobin and hematocrit levelsin comparison to the control group. In conclusion, the consumption of fishmeal did not lead to changes in the nutritional status or the physical condition of teenage football players.