~ 64 ~ International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Health 2016; 3(5): 64-67 P-ISSN: 2394-1685 E-ISSN: 2394-1693 Impact Factor (ISRA): 5.38 IJPESH 2016; 3(5): 64-67 © 2016 IJPESH www.kheljournal.com Received: 12-07-2016 Accepted: 13-08-2016 Kanchan Chaudhary Department of Home Science THE IIS University Jaipur Rajasthan, India Isha Sukhwal Department of Home Science THE IIS University Jaipur Rajasthan, India Correspondence Isha Sukhwal Department of Home Science THE IIS University Jaipur Rajasthan, India Impact of nutrition education programme on college going girls engaged in sports activity Kanchan Chaudhary and Isha Sukhwal Abstract Sports nutrition is a marginalized area of study yet nutrition plays a major role in good sportsmanship. Sport nutrition focuses on the link between diet, nutrients and performance. The widely separated, irregular food intakes and the increasing use of foods with low energy concentration can lead to poor performance. Therefore the study was planned with the main objective to impart nutrition education to college going girls engaged in sports activity. A need felt nutrition education programme was develop after the assessment of nutrition knowledge of the female education programme developed in which several Information Education and Communication material was prepared like poster, chart, flash card, leaflet/pamphlet, power point presentation, folder. The results of the anthropometric measurement showed that majority (74%) of the selected sports female were normal weight. The study showed the sports person lack nutrition knowledge. Nutrition education intervention improved their mean awareness score from 7.62 to 29.42 which Keywords: Sports female, sports activity, nutrition education 1. Introduction Nutrition is a most important key in our life and developing and maintaining good health. Essential nutrients includes carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamin, minerals and water. Normally 85% of daily energy use is from carbohydrates and fat and remain 15% from protein. Required amount of essential nutrients according to age and the state of the body. Sports nutrition is a specialization within the field of nutrition that partners closely with the study of the human body and exercise science. Differences may exist in specific nutrients needs along this designated spectrum of sports person creating the exiting challenge of individualizing sports nutrition plans (Heather. et al, 2003) [8] . Sports nutrition is a marginalized area of study yet nutrition plays a major role in good sportsmanship. Sport nutrition focuses on the link between dietary nutrients and sports person performance (Burke. 2004) [2] . 1.1. Nutrition and Sports Nutrition an important part of many sports training regimens, it is most commonly considered in strength sports (such as:- weight lifting and body building) and endurance sports (for examples :- cycling, running, swimming, hand ball, hockey, football, archrie and basketball). Diet has an important role to play in optimizing the performance of those who undertake regular training to improve performance. Many individuals take part in exercise at a different level, usually with the aim of maintaining health or assisting in the loss of weight (Shreelakshmi. 2008) [17] . 1.2. Nutritional requirement for sports person During exercise, the energy demands of muscle contraction will fluctuate enormously. For muscle contraction to occur, chemical energy stored in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) must be converted into mechanical energy needed by the muscles (Maugham. 2000) [10] . Carbohydrate is a primary fuel for high intensity exercise. The body ability to store carbohydrate, primarily in the form of glycogen in the muscles and liver is limited and insufficient. The person involved in sports activity has to maintain their glycogen stores by consuming approximately 65-70% of total daily energy from carbohydrate (Burke. 2004) [2] . The recommended daily carbohydrate intake for athletes ranges from 6-10 g/kg body weight