Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2017

Evaluation of Physical Activity Levels and Obesity among School going Adolescents.

Himanshi Makkar, Harjot Kaur Mann

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 Aim Evaluation of physical activity level and obesity among school going adolescents. Methodology A total of 1002 subjects comprising of boys and girls aged 15–18 years were studied cross– sectionally in schools of Chandigarh. Data was categorized into three groups: overweight (≥75th to <85th percentile), obese (≥85th percentile) non–overweight (<75th percentile) using age– and sex–specific percentiles of BMI [1; 2]. To study the degree of physical activeness of the respondents modified PAQ–A scale was used (The Physical Activity Questionnaire).

Result Sixty seven percent of the sample population performed low physical activity (boys 22.6%, girls 26.3%) respectively. Adolescents performing low physical activity were found to be overweight. 48% of both girls and boys are found to be obese in the present study.

Conclusion Assessment of physical activity revealed that a negligible part of the study population indulge in vigorous activity and in those performing moderate physical and low physical activity 21.67% and 35.06% were found to be obese respectively. In urban areas, parents encourage indoor activities like watching television and playing video games than outdoor activities due to heavy traffic and other safety reasons which was the major reason for undertaking this study.

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Himanshi Makkar, Harjot kaur Mann, Evaluation of Physical Activity Levels and Obesity among School going Adolescents., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾7 | July‾2017


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