title: Profiling the diet and body composition of subelite adolescent rhythmic gymnasts.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the body composition and dietary intake of competitive club-level rhythmic gymnasts, who represent the larger cohort of the sport's practitioners. Fifty-five rhythmic gymnasts and 55 nonathlete females (13-19 years of age) were seen individually to collect a dietary recall and to take anthropometric data and bioelectric-impedance analysis. Gymnasts had lower body-mass index and lesser skinfold thickness, although middle arm-muscle circumference was similar in the 2 groups. Gymnasts had lower body-fat measures but normal levels of fat-free mass (FFM) and body-cellular mass. Gymnasts had better dietary habits than the age-matched controls. Low levels of calcium, phosphorous, iron, and zinc and a disparity between reported energy intake and estimated energy requirement were observed in both groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa Via Roma, 67-56126 Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Alessandro
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morelli
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Evangelisti
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Galetta
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Franzoni
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lazzeri
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.forename: Adamasco
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cupisti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004032:Diet; D015930:Diet Records; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000032:analysis; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006173:Gymnastics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory; D009752:Nutritional Status
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins