The influence of social media on the eating habits of bodybuilding practitioners

• Autor(a) principal: Cazal, Mariana de Melo
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Outros Autores: Portes, Juarez Otávio Lourenço, Silva, Sandra Tavares da
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista brasileira de obesidade, nutrição e emagrecimento
• Texto Completo: https://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/2377
• topic: Social network; Food intake; Diet; Red social; La ingesta de alimentos; Dieta; Rete sociale; L'assunzione di cibo; Dieta; Rede social; Ingestão de alimentos; Dieta; Rede social; Ingestão de alimentos; Dieta

Introduction: The ease of access to information about food and nutrition through social media makes it difficult to select quality information, which can cause great harm to those who use it. Objective: To analyze the influence of social media on the eating habits of bodybuilders. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with bodybuilders from a gym located in Zona da Mata Mineira, using a semi-structured questionnaire composed of 22 questions. Adult individuals, bodybuilders and social network users were included in the survey. Results: The sample consisted of 92 individuals, 54.35% female. It was identified that the majority used Instagram (89%) and WhatsApp (84%), between 4 and 8 hours a day (57.6%). The majority (76.09%) followed some profile on social networks that disseminated information about food. When asked if there is someone who motivates them on social networks, 54.35% of respondents answered yes, but 40% said they did not know if such a person had an academic background and 22.86% said they did not. Due to the influence of social networks, 45.65% have consumed supplements, 54.35% food and 41.3% of participants have already followed some type of diet, mainly low carb (47.37%) and high protein (28.95%) diets. Most (55.26%) were unable to maintain the desired weight after the end of the diet and 50% had some symptom due to the diet, mainly weakness (89.47%). Conclusion: Most participants had already been influenced by social media to consume some food, and considered the academic background of people who convey information about food to be irrelevant.