Nutritional status of elite Congolese athletes practicing endurance races in competitive periods

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status of Congolese athletes (middle distance and long distance) and to analyze its relationship with the poor performance achieved. Methodology: 64 subjects (32 elite athletes constituting the experimental group and 32 walkers constituting the control group) were included in this study. The evaluation and analysis were carried out using a questionnaire validated and adapted by Cupisti et al and the 24-hour recall method.Results: our results show that subjects did not differentiate according to age. However, the size of the elite athletes was significantly high (1.69 ± 0.07m vs. 1.66 ± 0.04m, t = 2.05, p