AUTHOR(S): Yogesh Aggarwal, Dr. Thingnam Nandalal Singh, Dr. S Vinay Kumar Singh and Thingnam Premchandra Singh

ABSTRACT:
The purpose of the study was to assess health and wellness status of sportsperson and non-sportsperson. The subjects of the study were 40 male (20 sportsperson and 20 non-sports person) and 40 female (20 sportsperson and 20 non-sportsperson) subjects of Kurukshetra District of Haryana, India. The age of subjects was ranged 19 to 27 years. The data were collected by using Health and Wellness Assessment Questionnaire (Edlin & Golanty, 2007). The ‘t’ tests were employed for analysing the data and the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. There were significant differences found in male sportsperson and non-sportsperson with regard to emotional health and fitness & body care variables. No significant differences were found between male sportsperson and non-sportsperson on the variables of environmental health, stress, nutrition and medical self-responsibility. No significant differences were found between female sportsperson and non-sportsperson with regard to emotional health, fitness & body care, environmental health, stress, nutrition and medical self-responsibility.

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