Volume : IX, Issue : VII, July - 2019

ASSESSMENT OF ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS AND BODY COMPOSITION OF SELECTED SPORTS WOMEN IN COIMBATORE DISTRICT

Dr. L. Uthira

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This study was conducted with the objective to determine the anthropometric measurements and body fat of selected female athletes. About 420 female athletic students were selected through purposive random sampling from different colleges in Coimbatore district. Anthropometric parameters including Height, Weight, Body mass index, Waist circumference, Hip circumference, Wait hip ratio and Body fat were assessed. The results of Anthropometric measurements indicated 15 per cent of the subjects were underweight whereas 68 percent belonged to overweight and obese category. About 66 percent of female athletes has Body Mass Index (BMI) within normal. Waist Hip Ratio for 132 subjects (31 percent) was high with >0.86. 21 percent of the sports people had high range of body fat percent and only 17 percent were in ideal range

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ASSESSMENT OF ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS AND BODY COMPOSITION OF SELECTED SPORTS WOMEN IN COIMBATORE DISTRICT, Dr. L. Uthira INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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