Indonesian Journal of Public Health and Nutrition
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025)

Nutrition Profile, Body Composition, Somatotype of Adolescent Football Athlete and It’s Correlation with Performance

Kurnia Mara'atus Solichah (Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta)
Dittasari Putriana (Universitas Aisyiyah Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Jan 2026

Abstract

Background: Performance in athletes is influenced by multiple factors, including the athlete's physical profile, technique, and tactics related to the sport being played. Objective :  The objective of this research is to analyze the nutrition profile, body composition, and somatotype of adolescent football athletes and determine their correlation with athletes' performance. Methods: This study uses a quantitative descriptive technique with a measurement survey method. The study took place in June-August 2023, with 35 adolescent football athletes involved as respondents. The data obtained are presented in the form of a frequency distribution for each indicator. Statistical analysis with SPSS was conducted for correlation analysis. Results: Based on the results of the study, it is known that 86.11% of athletes have good nutritional status, and 13.89% of athletes have excess nutritional status. The results of measuring the percentage of body fat showed 77.78% in the normal category, 19.44% in the high category, and 2.78% in the low category. The dominant somatotype categories in athletes are endomorph and ectomorph. Statistical analysis shows that performance has significantly correlated with supraspinal skinfold (p=0.020), femur (p=0.027), and ectomorph (p=0.021). Conclusion: It can be concluded that for adolescent football athletes, body linearity and supraspinal fat folds are a significant influence on performance.    

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJPHN

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Subject

Public Health

Description

IJPHN published 3 numbers in 1 volume. Published in March, July and November. IJPHN is published by the Center for Public Health Nutrition Studies, Universitas Negeri Semarang in collaboration with the Ikatan Ahli Kesehatan Masyarakat Indonesia ...