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abstractDifferences
in nutritional assessment of Indian throwers and physical education
students Archana Chahal1, Vijay Chahal2, Aparna Jha3 1Department of Physical Education, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India 2Department of Physical Education, University of Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur, India 3Centre of Food Technology, University of Allahabad, India
Abstract
Introduction:
As sports nutrition is becoming more and more an interesting and
in-demand field in scientific study, venues to expose and encourage
developments has been established. The objective of the study was to
assess and compare the nutritional assessment of National level Indian
throwers and physical education students with their recommended daily
allowances (RDA). Methods: The study was conducted on twenty four
subjects including twelve male National level throwers from Madan Mohan
Malviya Stadium, Allahabad whose competition experience at National
level was of minimum three years at the time of evaluation and twelve
physical education students from Allahabad University were selected.
Mean age of throwers was 16 – 25 years and Physical Education
Students was 18 – 21 years. Dietary variables like energy,
protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, iron and dietary fiber were
calculated as per values recorded by self evaluation questionnaire of
24 hours dietary recall. Results: The‘t’ test was
applied for statistical treatment of data. The major findings revealed
the following conclusions: (1) there were significant differences
between fat, carbohydrates, calcium intakes of National level Indian
throwers and their RDA. (2) there were significant differences between
energy, carbohydrate intakes of physical education students and their
RDA. Conclusion: There was a gulf between the beliefs and
practices of many power and strength athletes and the current sports
nutrition guidelines. Further studies are needed to investigate the
optimal amount of timing of nutrients intake in relation to training
and recovery and where’s enhances training responses.
Key
words:energy, calcium, iron, dietary fiber
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