Sports Recreation & Fitness: An Investigation on Nutritional Evaluation in Term of Protein, Minerals and Fat Evaluation among Undergraduate Students in UNITEN

Recent developments in Malaysia have highlighted the fact that the lack of physical activity or sedentary lifestyle will not only contribute to rising obesity rates, but it also directly contributes to the risk of several physical and psychological health, and heart disease still remains one of the nation’s leading causes of death. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the effect of a 12-week of physical activities on nutritional evaluation in term of protein, minerals and fat evaluation among undergraduate students in UNITEN. Hundred and eighteen subjects were recruited from Sports and Recreation Management course in semester 2 2012/2013. Subjects were all male both local and foreign students between the ages of 19 and 30 years. Subjects are engineering students who were not enrolled in any exercise program over the period of one year (sedentary). A pre-test-post-test control research design was utilized. Subjects were assigned to a 12-week of physical activities for 50 minutes per session at three times a week (36 sessions). The InBody 720 Body Composition analysis examined nutritional evaluations which include protein, minerals, and fat were used to assess changes in both the nutritional evaluation respectively, as a result of the physical activities at one and 12-weeks. Statistical analysis included (group x time) measures t-test to determine mean differences. Results for nutritional evaluation indicate a significant p = < 0.5, an improvement in protein, and mineral evaluation analysis at week 12. It is concluded that with any form of physical activities does contribute greatly to the positive findings and should be include as subjects in higher learning to improve the nutritional evaluation and obesity diagnosis among sedentary undergraduate students.