Drinking regime in athletes
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences EpSBS |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs(2357-1330).2018.3 |
| Keywords | fluid intake; men; women; amount of fluid consumed per day; beverages |
| Description | Fluid intake, especially water, is essential for human life and also necessary for physical and mental function (Özen et al., 2014). The aim of this study was to find out whether men and women, who attend sport activities at the Faculty of Sports Studies of Masaryk University Brno, keep their drinking regime. The research was carried out by using questionnaire method. We obtained 186 completed questionnaire forms in total. Respondents group consists of 108 men and 78 women aged 15-24. First, the anthropometric parameters such as body weight, height and BMI had been taken. On the base of BMI value, respondents were divided into following categories: underweight, ideal weight, overweight, weak obesity, middle obesity a severe obesity. In the next phase, respondents were questioned on weekly frequency of physical activity they perform and the physical activity type. Following questions focused on their drinking regime, amount of fluid consumed per day and the type of the most frequent beverages. The research revealed that majority of both men and women belongs to category ideal weight. Most male respondents perform their physical activity 3 times per week, female respondents twice a week. Most favourite physical activities are ball games for men and fitness for women. Most respondents keep their drinking regime. Research showed that most men (40.7%) and women (30.8%) drink between 2 – 2.5 litres of fluid per day. The most typical drink is water for both men and women. Most respondents both male (65 %) and women (62 %) gave positive answer to question whether they believe that their fluid intake is sufficient. |