Relationship between Nutritional Status, Anthropometric Measurements and Dietary Inflammatory Index in Professional Football Players

Authors : Emre Batuhan KENGER, Fatih EREN, Fatma Esra GÜNEŞ

Pages : 143-149

Doi:10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1066512

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Publication Date : 2023-03-28

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between the nutritional status, anthropometric measurements and dietary inflammatory index insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(DII); of professional football players exposed to long-term intense exercise. Method: Twenty-one professional male football players with a mean age of 26.00±5.69 years playing in the same club participated in the study. The nutritional status of the football players was evaluated with 3-day food consumption record insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2 days of training and 1 match day);. DII scores were calculated using data on 34 nutrient/nutritional ingredients obtained from the food consumption records. Body fat percentage in the anthropometric evaluations were determined by caliper and skinfold thicknesses. Results: The median DII scores of the football players were found as – 3.42 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(-9.95 – 0.95);, and their nutritional intake were found to be antiinflammatory. When the relationship between the DII scores of the football players and their anthropometric measurements was examined, a positive and significant correlation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(R: .476; p: .029); was found between their DII score and their abdominal adiposity. However, there was no significant correlation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p> .05); between the DII scores and the other anthropometric measurements. In addition, there was a significant negative correlation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(R: – .468; p: .032); between fiber consumption and abdominal adiposity, and a significant positive correlation between carbohydrate and fat consumption and body weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(respectively R= .730 p= .000; R= .526 p= .014);. Conclusion: It has been revealed that the football players participating in our study generally have an anti-inflammatory diet. It was also found that abdominal adiposity was higher in the football players with high DII scores.
Keywords : Football player, dietary inflammatory index, anthropometry