PHYSICAL PARAMETERS, DIETING AND BODY MASS INDEX OF ATHLETES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH SPORTING EVENTS

P C.E Iro; A O Adediji

PHYSICAL PARAMETERS, DIETING AND BODY MASS INDEX OF ATHLETES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH SPORTING EVENTS

P C.E Iro, A O Adediji

Abstract

Sporting activities are quickly becoming marketable ventures in the face of modern scientific and technological advancements. This paper, therefore briefly reviews the nature of sporting activities in the olden days and how they have developed. It focuses on anthropometry and physical features of athletes (sprinters and marathoners), the place of balanced diet in sport, body mass index (BMI), physical fitness of track athletes and successful outing and anthropometric characteristics. Based on these, recommendations were made on how to bring out the best from sprinters and marathoners training coaching, dieting with favourable anthropometric characteristics

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