Volume : V, Issue : VIII, August - 2016

AN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHRONOLOGICAL AGE TO BODY MASS INDEX AND TOTAL BODY FAT

Dinesh Kumar

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 The present study aims at finding the relationship of chronological age to the body mass index and total body fat. Methodology: Survey method was used to collect the data on 100 samples age 22.09±.217 who were purposively selected form Lovely professional University, Punjab, India from among different professional courses (Education, physical education. M Tech, B Tech, EEE, ECE, MCA, BCA, BSC, and MSC) Data on fat percentage and body mass index was collected using OMRON Body composition monitor with scale Model HBF-362, utmost care was given during data collection data was collected in the early morning to counter any alteration in the findings. Statistical Procedure: Data was statically analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. Result & conclusion: The finding of the present study revealed the samples were having healthy BMI (22.96) and Normal amount of body fat (19.81) and further chronological age has no relationship with body mass index and total body fat as the p-value was larger than 0.05 at 95 degree of confidence

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Dinesh Kumar AN ASSOCIATION OF THE CHRONOLOGICAL AGE TO BODY MASS INDEX AND TOTAL BODY FAT Global Journal For Research Analysis,Volume-5, Issue-8, August‾2016

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