A study of effect of physical activity intervention on the BMI of school going children
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2017, Vol 22, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: Adolescence is transitional phase between childhood and adulthood characterized by marked acceleration in growth. Aims and Objectives: To Study effect of physical activity intervention on the BMI of School Going Children. Material and Methods: This study was Carried at the Modern English School and Bharat English high school and stfrancis high school in all the Students 8th and 9th standard having age 13 and 14 were i.e. 200 students enrolled into the study the written and explained consent was taken from the parents the baseline data like Weight, height and BMI was recoded in pre-intervention group during three month i.e. From June 2016 to Sep 2016. All of them instructed to the physical activities like Curl ups and Push ups for the study Duration and after that Weight, height and BMI again calculated. The statistical analysis was done by Chi-square test and Paired t-test calculated by SPSS 17 version of software. Result: Children with BMI Underweight were 119 and 54; Normal or Healthy Weight were 26 and 145; Overweight were 31 and 1 and Obese were 24 and 0 in Pre- intervention and post- intervention group respectively. The Chi-square test was applied to see the statistical significance here the BMI of the children slightly raised but it was statistically highly significant. (p< 0.001, χ2=159.4, df=3.) The average BMI (Mean ± SD) was 25.79 ± 2.49and 18.95 ± 2.97in the Pre- intervention and post- intervention group respectively and this observed difference was statistically highly significant (Paired t-test ; P<0.0001, t = 24.95, df = 198). The average weight in the Pre-intervention group was (Mean ± SD) 42.82 ± 8.2 and average weight in Post-interventional group is 38.21 ± 8.32 this difference was statistically Significant (p<0.001, t = 23.510, df=198 ). It is also clear that some underweight children gain the weight. Conclusion: The school-based physical activity intervention was effective to reduce levels of BMI and average weight(i.e. Obesity and Overweight) in children, so it is useful to prevent future complications of Obesity and coronary heart disease.
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Sanket Nagrale, Mariya P Jiandani
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