Author/Authors :
Moses، Monday Omoniyi نويسنده Department of Sports and Recreation Management, Faculty of Education, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria Moses, Monday Omoniyi , Oladapo، Rukayat Yetunde نويسنده Department of Sports and Recreation Management, Faculty of Education, Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria Oladapo, Rukayat Yetunde
Abstract :
The uninteresting performance and observed incidence of health risk behaviours of female athletes has raised great fears about health and wellness lifestyles of Nigerian women league football players.
The study adopted a descriptive-exploratory research design method. One hundred and fifty footballers registered in the 2012/2013 Nigerian women league season in six conveniently selected clubs from six states were respondents in the study. A self-structured and validated Health and Wellness Lifestyles Questionnaire (HWLQ) with six sub-scales (Diet and Nutrition, Stress, Exercise and Weight Control, Smoking, Alcohol and Drug Use, and Health and Safety) and varied responses was used to collect data.
Results show that majority 60(40.0%) of the players aged 18-21 years, 120(80.0%) of the 150 were single and 94(62.7%) of them had senior secondary school certificate. Chi-square (X2) analysis value obtained showed that Nigerian women football league players significantly practice positive diet and nutrition (X2= 416.36, df =18, p smaller than 0.05), stress free (X2 = 158.71, df=10, p smaller than 0.05), exercise and weight control (X2 = 505.28, df=12, p smaller than 0.05), smoking (X2 = 7.73, df=3, p smaller than 0.05), alcohol and drug use (X2 = 26.87, df = 9, p smaller than 0.05), and health and safety (X2-Cal = 394.779, df=6, p smaller than 0.05) lifestyles.
The implication of the results is that Nigerian women league football players practice positive diet and nutrition, stress, exercise and weight control, smoking, alcohol and drug use and health and safety lifestyles. Few female athletes practice smoking, alcohol and drug use lifestyles. It is recommended that awareness campaigns on comprehensive positive health and wellness lifestyles among women league football players should be implemented by all club owners and federal government of Nigeria. It is also recommended that clinical health assessment of all women league football players should be carried out.
