LEVEL OF NUTRIENT INTAKE SUFFICIENCY OF TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETES FROM STUDENTS’ SPORTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTER (PPLP) EAST JAVA IN 2014

This study has a purpose in analyzing the nutrient intake sufficiency of track and field athletes in students’ sports education and training center (PPLP) East Java in 2014 precisely in Kediri so that it can be investigated about deficiency and excess consumption of energy intake for each athlete. This research was a descriptive quantitative research with survey method. The population in this study was the track and field athletes of students’ sports education and training center (PPLP) East Java in Kediri. The sample in this study was for about 21 athletes, the samples were taken by total sampling. The instrument used was a form of food record in 24 hours and sheets of daily activities. The data were analyzed using the software system analysis of Nutri surve and SPSS. The results of the study on the nutrient intake sufficiency of athletes for three days showed that there was no balance between calory intake and calory expenditure. Track and field athletes of PPLP East Java have an average value of calories intake at 1448.78 calories and calory expenditure average value at 3328.74 calories in a day. In other words, track and field athletes of East Java PPLP have such shortage of energy sources with the average value at 1879.96 calories per day and overall the athletes have poor nutritional status. Keywords: Nutrient intake, activity, track and field, PPL