Prevalence of vegetarianism and non-vegetarianism among sports trainees and their motor ability status

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Harjeet Kaur, Dr. Dolly

Keywords: Vegetarian diet, non-vegetarian diet and motor ability.

Abstract Choice of food as per the nutritional and body requirement according to the specific function, work or game is getting importance day by day as diet plays a major role in the performance of any individual. There are multiple factors affecting the sports performance which include physical, motor, structural, psychological, sociological and economical etc. The present study is focused on the assessment of prevalence of vegetarianism and non-vegetarianism among sports persons and their motor ability status. For the present study sports trainees between the age range 14 to 19 years of different games of respective coaching centres situated in Chandigarh have been selected. Scott motor ability test of three batteries was applied to evaluate the motor ability level of the sports trainees. The sports persons were divided into two groups on the bases of their vegetarian and non-vegetarian diet intake for the assessment prevalence of food style. The vegetarian and non-vegetarian sports trainees were compared with regard to their motor ability level with the help of t-test. The assessment of prevalence of choice of food shows that the trend of non-vegetarian food is more prevalent among the selected sports persons of Chandigarh coaching centres. The comparative analysis of vegetarian and non-vegetarian athletes indicate that no statistically significant difference has been found in the motor ability status of vegetarian and non-vegetarian athletes but the comparison of mean values of motor ability of vegetarian and non-vegetarian sports trainees also shows that the non-vegetarian sports trainees are better in arm and shoulder strength, leg power, speed, agility and coordination as compared to vegetarian athletes. The findings of the results are clear indication of the supremacy of non-vegetarianism among sports trainees of Chandigarh coaching centres. Although no significant difference has been found in the motor ability status of vegetarian and non-vegetarian sports trainees.

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Harjeet Kaur & Dr. Dolly (December-2022). Prevalence of vegetarianism and non-vegetarianism among sports trainees and their motor ability status. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 7(12), b872-b875. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2212195.pdf

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Research Area: Social Science and Humanities 

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Country: Khanna/ Ludhiana, Panjab, India

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