Abstract:Balanced diet is an important component of any physical fitness program the optimum nutrient intake and good balanced diet knowledge and practice have been recognized as important factors in improving the player’s performance and health status of players. The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge, practice, balanced diet on national level female players.
Aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and practice of balanced diet on national level female players. In our study we have taken, N = 48 national level female players of team games and individual games as 24 players from team games and 24 players from individual games. N = 6 players were selected from each game. Researcher had taken total 8 games as the age of the players between 18-30 years. The sample size was reached out to the maximum team game and individual games players of India represented National level domestically.
Methodology data was collected through random sampling method (Online mode), descriptive statistics were applied in M.S. Excel. The result of this study revealed that kho-kho, kabaddi and hockey players have good knowledge of balanced diet as compared to basketball players. Basketball, hockey and kabaddi players were found good practice of balanced diet than kho-kho players. Athletics, wrestling players have good knowledge as compared to badminton and table-tennis players. Wrestling players have good practice of balanced diet than athletics, badminton and table-tennis players.