Health aspects of active bodybuilders: monitoring by multidisciplinary team

Abstract

Preparation in bodybuilding involves high-intensity workouts and drastic feeding strategies. Little is known about health risks. Athletes (n=510, 59.8% male) were evaluated about health aspects, anthropometry, and blood pressure (BP). Chronic diseases were reported by 6,6%, but 88.9% of them did not treat; 1.9% reported hypertension, with 15.7% having high BP; and 52.5% reported the use of prohibited drugs in the last 6 months. Body mass index was 26.2±2.5 for man and 22.3±2.2 Kg/m2 for woman. Men had lower monitoring than women by physical education professionals, nutritionists, and physicians (p<0.01). Athletes are exposed to health risks factors such as lack of knowledge about diseases, high use of prohibited substances and less monitoring by professionals among men.

Completely Plant-Based Diets That Meet Energy Requirements for Resistance Training Can Supply Enough Protein and Leucine to Maximize Hypertrophy and Strength in Male Bodybuilders: A Modeling Study

“…This represents an improvement compared to traditional bodybuilding diets, which often contain larger quantities of saturated fat [ 8 ]. This is consequential because bodybuilders have displayed cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors [ 91 , 92 ] that may be largely attributable to diet [ 93 ]. However, the extents to which diet, chronic physical stress, and other factors contribute to the increased mortality rate associated with bodybuilding are not well understood [ 94 ].…”