Dietary Supplement use Among College Athletes

Abstract

This study has been carried out the dietary supplements uses among college athletes. The sample of the study comprises of 220 athletes (150 males and 70 females) randomly selected from different degree colleges of Patiala. For this purpose a 16 item questionnaire was prepared by the investigators keeping in view the variety of diet supplement usage. Data was analysed through frequencies & Pearson Product-Moment correlation Coefficients. The use of dietary supplements between males and females athletes was evaluated with the T-test. Significance level was determined at p>0.05.