Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

Study of Nutritional Status in Relation to Physical Activity of College Going Adolescent Girls

Madhubala Chaturvedi, Drcharu Katare

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Present study was undertaken to analyze relation of daily physical activity and nutritional status of the college going adolescent girls. The sample was comprised of 300 adolescent girls in the age group of 17–19 years selected perusing their graduation courses.The girls were divided into three categories of activity viz. sedentary, moderate and vigoursly active based on energy cost of physical activities. Majority of the girls were doing either sedentary or moderate activity.The mean nutrient intake of protein, energy and fat was found deficient when compared with ICMR guidelines. Summary of one way ANOVA of final scores of BMI among vigorously active, moderately active and sedentary adolescent girls indicated f value for group being 7.893 is significant with df= 2/297. It indicates that the mean scores of BMI of vigorously active, moderately active and sedentary adolescent girls differ significantly pointing out towards association of physical activity and BMI.

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Madhubala chaturvedi, Drcharu katare Study of Nutritional Status in Relation to Physical Activity of College Going Adolescent Girls Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.4, Issue.7 July 2014

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