ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND PERFORMANCE: IN THE CASE OF LEGA TAFO LEGA DADI ATHLETICS CLUB, OROMIA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA

Abstract

Sport nutrition has a great impact on human’s growth, sustain life and athletes performance. To this end, the purpose of this study was to assess the nutritional Status and Performance of Lega Tafo Lega Dadi athletics club, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Cross-sectional research design and descriptive survey method was used purposely to collect data, Data were collected using questionnaires, document analysis, interviews and observations. Data analysis was performed using SPSS 23 software in order to analyze Knowledge of nutrition and athletes food consumption. Simple regression was used to assess the effect of meal pattern on athletes’ performance in Lega Tafo Lega Dadi Athletics club. Qualitative analysis was used to supplement the quantitative analysis. The result of this study indicates that athlete’s meal pattern did not affect on athletes’ performance p > 0.05. The study concluded that Athletes of Lega Tafo Laga Dadi athletics club did not have sufficient knowledge of sport nutrition and athletics club athletes had sport nutrition food consumption sometimes. Lega Tafo Lega Dadi athletics club athletes should allocate better sport nutrition expense to their athletes.