RESULTS OF IMPROVED NUTRITIONAL STATUS FOR PRACTITIONERS AT NEW TIME GYM FACILITY IN THANH XUAN, HANOI ON 2020

Phuong Lien VU, Phong Tuc VU, Van Quang MAI

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Abstract

Health is the most precious human capital. For good health, a combination of nutrition and
physical activity is worth being paid attention to. Nowadays, people tend to go to gyms and
sports centers to exercise; choosing the right exercises for your needs becomes even easier.
Besides, in order to have good health and a strong and toned body, practitioners also pay
great attention to nutritional counseling to improve anthropometric indicators through portion
sizes and frequency of food consumption. The study aimed to evaluate the counselling
results on improved anthropometry, diet and food consumption frequency of gym people at
New Time Gym in Thanh Xuan, Hanoi. Methods: a n intervention study without control
after 3 months of longitudinal follow-up and re-investigation to evaluate the effectiveness
of counseling was conducted from September 2020 to March 2021 at New Time Gym in
Thanh Xuan, Hanoi. Results: the proportion of high waist/hip ratio decreased from 75.0%
to 62.5%; the ratio of vegetal lipids/total lipids increased from 28.8 ± 6.7% to 40.2 ± 7.1%;
subjects meeting dietary energy requirements increased from 8.3% to 56.9% after counseling.
These changes were higher in men than in women with p<0.05.

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