Abstract
Fighting sports are generally divided into categories defined by weight bands, and this is a constant concern for athletes, whomany times manipulate their body by using unsafe strategies mainly to reduce body weight. The aim of this work was to evaluate the impactof nutritional intervention in weight adjustment for each category of Olympic Box. The sample was composed by 10 athletes from the BrazilianBoxing Team in the period from January 2007 to February 2008. The strategies used for weight reduction and the anthropometric profile wereinvestigated. Each athlete received a customized alimentary planning. All athletes answered that they used strategies for altering their weight.The main ones were: the use of clothes and gadgets that increase sweat production, liquid ingestion restrictions, fast and semi-fast. At thebeginning, athletes presented an average 5,8kg above the weight of the category they were in. After three months of nutritional interventionthis average fell to 4,4kg and in 6 months to 2,8kg. The average reduction of fat percentage was 6,3%, showing a positive impact of the usednutritional intervention. Due to the damages produced by fast weight loss procedures on health and performance, it is extremely important toknow the anthropometric profile of athletes, preventing them to fight in categories not compatible anthropometric characteristics.
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