Maesta, N. [UNESP]Cyrino, E. S. [UNESP]Junior, N. N. [UNESP]Morelli, M. Y G [UNESP]Sobrinho, J. M S [UNESP]Burini, Roberto Carlos [UNESP]2014-05-272014-05-272000-01-01Revista de Nutricao, v. 13, n. 2, p. 135-141, 2000.1415-5273http://hdl.handle.net/11449/66066Body builders have as their training goals the maximum muscle hypertrophy with minimum adiposity. However, the scarcity of specific standards implies often in framing wrongly those athletes either as overweight (by their BMI) or energy malnourished (by their fat stores). The objective of this study was to compare the body composition of body builders with population standards. Thirty-six adults, 26 male (27.2 ± 7.2 years) and 10 female (30 ± 6.1 years) nationwide competitive body builders, were assessed considering weight, height, body mass index, adiposity, arm and leg circumferences and skinfolds. The data were referred either as percentile or standard deviations (Z score) of population standards. Body weight and height were among the closest values from the populational mean whereas upper arm muscle circumference (for men) and body adiposity (for women) were the farterest. By using fat parameters as indicators of their protein-energy status, the undernourishment was found in 88.5% of men and 100.0% of women. Thus, it seems that body builders deserve their own anthropometric standards to avoid nutritional status misplacements.135-141porAnthropometryAthletesBodybuildersNutritional statusadultanthropometryathletebody buildingbody compositionbody heightbody massbody weightcontrolled studyfemalehumanlipid storagemalemuscle hypertrophynormal humannutritional statusobesityprotein calorie malnutritionskinfoldstandardizationtrainingArtigo10.1590/S1415-52732000000200008S1415-52732000000200008Acesso aberto2-s2.0-00338268022-s2.0-0033826802.pdf2287552780901172