Clinical trial NCT06534567: Body Composition, Growth, and Maturation of Triathletes
Official title: Association of Body Composition, Growth, and Maturation Status With Physical Activity and Adherence With Mediterranean Diet in Youth Triathletes
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Diet Habit
Body Weight Changes
Lead sponsor: University of Alicante
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-02
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 5
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Young triathletes belonging to the ADESAVI triathlon club from the city of San Vicente del Raspeig (Spain)

Brief summary: The goal of this observational study is to determine if physical activity and the adherence to a Mediterranean diet have a relationship with body composition, growth, and maturation status in youth triathletes. The main question it aims to answer is:

• Is body composition (fat and muscle) determined primarily by growth and biological maturation or by physical activity and the Mediterranean diet in youth triathletes? Participants already have been evaluated in body composition, mediterranean diet adherence and practical of physical activity during 3 years.

Detailed description: Triathlon is an individual, multidisciplinary and resistance sport with three stages: swimming, cycling and running, linked by two transitions. The importance of knowing body composition, eating patterns, level of physical activity and maturational state, will allow influence on training, increasing sports performance.

Regarding body composition and its relationship with performance, it has been observed that the greater the body fat, the lower the physical performance of triathletes. In each sport, athletes have different composition somatotypes. For triathlon, it is difficult to establish a specific somatotype, since it is a modality that encompasses three sports, among which the anthropometric characteristics of the athletes who practice them are not similar. In addition, since it is a relatively new category, there are not enough bibliographical references regarding anthropometry and body composition.

During biological maturation, there is an increase in the basal metabolic rate, so an optimal diet helps the growth process and improves the performance and recovery of athletes. Therefore, in the early stages of childhood and adolescence, adherence to the diet plays an important role in the acquisition of healthy lifestyles to determine an optimal state of health. The Mediterranean Diet model is associated with healthy eating habits, high levels of quality of life and physical benefits.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Acceptation of informed consent by parents

Exclusion Criteria:

* No attendance to body composition evaluation
* Reporting less than 80% of assistance to physical activity sessions reported by trainer

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in Body Composition
timeFrame: 5 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Physical Activity Level
timeFrame: 5 years
measure: Mediterranean Diet Adherence
timeFrame: 5 years
measure: Biological Maturation Status
timeFrame: 5 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: San Vicente Del Raspeig
country: Spain
facility: Faculty of Health Sciences. University of Alicante.
state: Alicante
Study officials:
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