Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the level of nutritional knowledge, practices and habits (NKPH) among Jordanian female football players. Furthermore, it explores the differences in the level of NKPH according to their playing position. Seventy healthy and uninjured elite female soccer players participated in this study. The height, body mass, and body mass index (BMI) of the participants (mean ± SD) were 162± 0.045 cm, 57.25± 5.30 kg, and 21.75± 1.89 kg/m², respectively, and were assessed during the 2023-2024 competitive seasons. The researchers used the following anthropometric measurements (height, body mass, body mass index (BMI) and (NKPH) level. The objectives of the study were achieved by applying means, standard deviations and one-way ANOVA analysis to examine the effect of playing position on the dependent variables, and Pearson's correlation coefficient using SPSS version 29, with a confidence level of 95%. The results of the study showed no statistically significant differences in anthropometric variables according to playing position. Also, the general level of nutritional habits was low, ranging between (18.42 and 21.90 points), with a clear superiority of the average of the midfielders (21.90 points) and at a reasonable level. As for nutritional knowledge, it ranged between (59-66.15 %) with a good level, as midfielders obtained the highest percentage (66.15 %). On the other hand, there were statistically significant differences in nutritional practices in favour of the midfielder position. However, there were statistically significant relationships between nutritional knowledge, habits (r=0.49) and practices (r=0.28). Therefore, further research linking dietary habits, knowledge and practices with physiological variables is recommended. Keywords: Anthropometric, Nutrition knowledge, Practices, Soccer, Playing Position __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C

Title

مرسال عبدالله سليمان مرسال

Publisher

Physical Activity Review

Publisher Country

Jordan

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

2.0

Publication Type

Both (Printed and Online)

Volume

--

Year

2025

Pages

11