Comparative Study of Dietary Habits and Physical Fitness of Trained and Untrained Basketball Players

Abstract

Sports in all forms is usually a competitive physical activity where nutrition plays a significant role as far as performance is concerned. The study was undertaken with an aim to know the dietary habits and physical fitness of the trained and untrained male basketball players. A total of 60 samples were selected (30 trained and 30 untrained) of the age group 18 - 29 years. Most of the subjects were non-vegetarian (73.3% trained and 86.7% untrained respectively), while the others were eggetarian and vegetarian. The water consumption was found to be more than 4 litres per day in majority of the players (40%).  It   was found that there was no significant difference in both the dietary habits and physical fitness of the trained and untrained basketball players.