Professional Esports Players are not Obese: Analysis of Body Composition Based on Years of Experience

SUMMARY: Esports are considered a form of electronic sports that have become an important element of popular culture. Its evolution and continuous development have led to consider esports as a profession, increasing the number of players, practice modalities and hours of play dedicated to this field...

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Autores principales:	Giakoni-Ramírez,Frano, Duclos-Bastías,Daniel, Yáñez-Sepúlveda,Rodrigo
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2021
Materias:	Electronic Sports Body composition E-athletes
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220210004010812021-08-16Professional Esports Players are not Obese: Analysis of Body Composition Based on Years of ExperienceGiakoni-Ramírez,FranoDuclos-Bastías,DanielYáñez-Sepúlveda,Rodrigo Electronic Sports Body composition E-athletes SUMMARY: Esports are considered a form of electronic sports that have become an important element of popular culture. Its evolution and continuous development have led to consider esports as a profession, increasing the number of players, practice modalities and hours of play dedicated to this field. Therefore, scientific and economic contributions have increased in recent years, however, there is little research on body composition in this group of players. To describe the anthropometric characteristics and body composition in professional esports players according to the years of experience. The sample consisted of 53 esports players competing in the Spanish professional league, with a mean age of 21.01 ? 0.39 years, whose body composition was measured by electrical bioimpedance with the TANITA® BC-601F Segment device. No differences were found between groups nor significant associations according to linear regression (p<0.05) between body composition variables and years of experience as a professional player. The years of practice, as well as the esports practiced have no influence on the body composition of professional esports players.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.39 n.4 20212021-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022021000401081en10.4067/S0717-95022021000401081
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spellingShingle	Electronic Sports Body composition E-athletes Giakoni-Ramírez,Frano Duclos-Bastías,Daniel Yáñez-Sepúlveda,Rodrigo Professional Esports Players are not Obese: Analysis of Body Composition Based on Years of Experience
description	SUMMARY: Esports are considered a form of electronic sports that have become an important element of popular culture. Its evolution and continuous development have led to consider esports as a profession, increasing the number of players, practice modalities and hours of play dedicated to this field. Therefore, scientific and economic contributions have increased in recent years, however, there is little research on body composition in this group of players. To describe the anthropometric characteristics and body composition in professional esports players according to the years of experience. The sample consisted of 53 esports players competing in the Spanish professional league, with a mean age of 21.01 ? 0.39 years, whose body composition was measured by electrical bioimpedance with the TANITA® BC-601F Segment device. No differences were found between groups nor significant associations according to linear regression (p<0.05) between body composition variables and years of experience as a professional player. The years of practice, as well as the esports practiced have no influence on the body composition of professional esports players.
author	Giakoni-Ramírez,Frano Duclos-Bastías,Daniel Yáñez-Sepúlveda,Rodrigo
author_facet	Giakoni-Ramírez,Frano Duclos-Bastías,Daniel Yáñez-Sepúlveda,Rodrigo
author_sort	Giakoni-Ramírez,Frano
title	Professional Esports Players are not Obese: Analysis of Body Composition Based on Years of Experience
title_short	Professional Esports Players are not Obese: Analysis of Body Composition Based on Years of Experience
title_full	Professional Esports Players are not Obese: Analysis of Body Composition Based on Years of Experience
title_fullStr	Professional Esports Players are not Obese: Analysis of Body Composition Based on Years of Experience
title_full_unstemmed	Professional Esports Players are not Obese: Analysis of Body Composition Based on Years of Experience
title_sort	professional esports players are not obese: analysis of body composition based on years of experience
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2021
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022021000401081
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Professional Esports Players are not Obese: Analysis of Body Composition Based on Years of Experience

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