Evaluation and Comparison of Nutrition Knowledge of Male Athletes: Assessing the Nutrition Knowledge of Male Athletes in L.N.I.P.E., Gwalior

Abstract

The teachers and coaches possessing and applying adequate knowledge of sports nutrition are more successful in their career. This study aims at evaluating the nutritional knowledge of the undergraduate students of L.N.I.P.E., Gwalior. The study sample consists of 100 students i.e., 25 students each from B.P.Ed1st year, B.P.Ed2nd year, B.P.Ed3rd year and B.P.Ed 4th year. The questionnaire used in this study was prepared by Yahya Ozdogan and Ayse Ozfer Ozcelik. It contains 30 questions which have to be answered as true or false. The data is evaluated using SPSS 16.0 program. ANOVA test is used for determining the result and Post Hoc test for comparing the results. There was significant difference between the knowledge of B.P.Ed 4th year students and the rest of the batches. There was no significant difference between the knowledge of B.P.Ed 1st year, B.P.Ed 2nd year and B.P.Ed 3rd year.