Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

Association of pedometer determined physical activity with various obesity parameters in young adults

Shubhadarshini Pawar, Pawar Priyadarshani G. , Jayashree S Kharche, Pranita Ashok

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 Background : Physical inactivity is a critically important issue in today’s society. Strategies are continually sought in an effort to produce changes from unhealthy behaviors. Obesity & Physical inactivity is a major public health concern in modern society with adverse health outcomes including cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, diabetes mellitus etc. Walking can be measured using simple counting popular device called a pedometer. Therefore, purpose of the study was to find out association of pedometer determined physical activity with various obesity parameters. Material and method: This was a cross sectional study. 209 young adults in the age group of 18 – 22 years were included in the study. Their physical activity was measured with the help of pedometer. Participants were instructed to wear a pedometer for 7 days to establish baseline step–counts. Average activity was calculated in form of number of steps per day. Obesity parameters BMI, WC and WHR were estimated using standardized technique.  Statistical analysis was done using correlation coefficient. Results: Obesity parameters like BMI, WC and WHR were negatively correlated with pedometer count though the correlation was statistically not significant. Conclusion:  In the study obesity parameters like BMI, WC and WHR were negatively correlated with pedometer count though the correlation was not statistically significant.  This indicates that increase in step count will be responsible for prevention of obesity.  

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Shubhadarshini Pawar, Pawar Priyadarshani G., Jayashree S Kharche, Pranita Ashok, Association of pedometer determined physical activity with various obesity parameters in young adults, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : VOLUME-6 | ISSUE-6 | JUNE-2017

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