Abdul RazzaqLaraib pervaiz2026-05-192026-05-192025https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/19882Optimal nutritional health/status of an athlete is essential for athlete performance, particularly in sports like football that need a high level of strength, agility, and endurance. Cardiorespiratory fitness is one of the most crucial indicators of an athlete's overall physical performance and aerobic capacity. However, it's unclear how CRF and football players' nutritional state relate to one another. Therefore, this study is aimed to explore the nutritional status of young soccer players, simultaneously assessing the association between nutritional status and cardiorespiratory fitness in young soccer athletes. The study was conducted on soccer athletes of Lahore in various clubs and sports centers (n = 178). Data was collected through survey questionnaire and clinical assessments utilizing Beep Test,and BMI/A. Consistent results were generated with reference to the published literature depicting non significant correlation between nutritional status and cardiorespiratory fitness in male athletes compared to female athletes where positive correlation of nutritional status with cardiorespiratory fitness was found. The results emphasise the importance of adequate food choices and nutrition-focused treatments in sports training programs to maximise athletic performance and health outcomes.enThesis