Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2017

HEALTH FITNESS OF MID AGE WORKING WOMEN AND NON–WORKING HOUSE WIVES – A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Deboshree Koner, Prof. Sagarika Bandyopadhyay

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 The purpose of the present study was to compare health–related fitness of working women (GW) and non–working house wives (GNW) residing in Burdwan and Birbhum districts of West Bengal, India. 200 mid age educated women (N=200; GW=100, GNW=100) between the age 35 and 45 years, who had food habits of similar nature and did not undergo any structured exercise programme in the near past,  were selected as subjects for this study.  Body composition, aerobic power, flexibility and muscular strength–endurance were the parameters of health related fitness which were assessed by standardized tests and measurement procedures. The Result of the present study revealed that the subjects belonging to both the groups were overweight or obese having mean percentage of body fat 35.42 (%) and 34.91(%) for GW and GNW respectively. However, no significant differences were found while compared the lean body mass (kg), percentage of body fat (%) and flexibility (cm) of women belonging to GW and GNW (p<0.05). In aerobic power (ml/kg/min) and abdominal strength–endurance (no), working group was found superior to non–working group (p>0.05).

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Deboshree Koner, Prof. Sagarika Bandyopadhyay, HEALTH FITNESS OF MID AGE WORKING WOMEN AND NON–WORKING HOUSE WIVES – A COMPARATIVE STUDY, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾4 | April-2017

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