Avaliação do consumo alimentar em adolescentes praticantes de futebol: Revisão Integrativa

Abstract

Football is the most popular sport in the world. It is a dynamic sport that demands speed, strength and technique from the athlete. The main reasons for affiliation to soccer by adolescents are: the acquisition of skills, the excitement triggered by the sport, the affiliation to an institution and the acquisition of physical aptitude. Intake of an adequate diet for these young people is important to maintain health, growth and victory, as well as to minimize injuries and improve sports performance. Objective: To know the food consumption of teenagers who practice soccer. Method: Integrative review, carried out using PubMed, SciELO, Google Scholar and BIREME databases, using the descriptors “food consumption”, “soccer” and “adolescence”. Results: From the sample, 10 articles were selected to carry out the work. Teenagers have a welcoming diet. The high consumption of industrialized foods such as snacks, sweet biscuits, artificial juices, sweets, candies and soft drinks and the low consumption of cooked vegetables and raw leaves, show inadequate food consumption with low consumption of healthy foods and high consumption of processed and processed foods. Thus, it was tolerated that adolescents have compulsive eating, with a prevalence of consumption of ultra-processed foods and a lack of important micronutrients for development and sports performance, such as calcium and iron.