Calidad de la dieta y rendimiento deportivo en jugadores de la seleccion peruana de futbol sala con Sindrome de Down

Introduction: Athletes with Down syndrome have a ten-dency to be overweight, affecting their sports performance, however, a quality diet will have a positive impact. Objective: To determine the connections that exist be-tween the quality of the diet and sports performance in play-ers of the Peruvian Futsal team with Down Syndrome.Materials and Methods: The research is of a non -exper-imental, cross-sectional (correlational) design. Players from the Peruvian futsal team with Down syndrome participated in the research, the sample was census-type, made up of 17 players; the quality of the diet was evaluated through the di-etary intake instrument called 24-hour recall; sports perform-ance was reduced through the Cooper test, for the statistical analysis Spearman's Rho was produced. Results: When evaluating the quality of the diet, 52,9% were found to be at risk; 41,2% unhealthy and 5,9% healthy. 76% of the soccer players presented a good sports perform-ance, 24% regular. Diet quality is related to sports perform-ance (Rho = 0,554) and (p<0,001) Conclusion: There is a direct connection between the quality of the diet with sports performance. Soccer players with Down syndrome with a healthy quality diet intake had a higher sports performance.

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The study aimed to investigate the connection between the quality of diet and sports performance in athletes with Down syndrome from the Peruvian futsal team. The findings showed that 52.9% of the players had a risky diet, 41.2% had unhealthy diet, and only 5.9% had a healthy diet. Furthermore, 76% of the players demonstrated good sports performance, while 24% had regular performance. The conclusion is that there is a direct link between diet quality and sports performance, with athletes with Down syndrome who have a healthy diet exhibiting higher performance.