Volume : X, Issue : IV, April - 2020

ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH RELATED-PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENTS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN IN TRIBAL, RURAL AND URBAN AREA.

Siddhika Kadam, Deepali Hande

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BACKGROUND: Physical fitness level in childhood and adolescence is related to present and future health related outcomes such as risk for obesity, cardiovascular disease, skeletal and mental health. Hence childhood fitness is an emerging area of public health concern worldwide. OBJECTIVE: To assess and compare the health–related physical fitness components among primary school going children in tribal, rural and urban area. METHODOLOGY: 300 participants (100 from each area) in the age group of 5–10 years were involved. Health–related physical fitness components such as body composition, flexibility and abdominal strength assessed by Body Mass Index (BMI) percentile, V sit–reach test and partial curl ups respectively. Data analysis was done by using Student‘s Unpaired ‘t‘ test. RESULTS: The results showed statistically significant difference in health–related physical fitness components among primary school going children in tribal, rural and urban area. CONCLUSION: The children living in tribal area had better abdominal strength than the rural and urban area, the school going children in rural area were more flexible than the tribal and urban school going children and the urban school going children have higher Body Mass Index (BMI) percentile than tribal and rural school going children.

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ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH RELATED-PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENTS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN IN TRIBAL, RURAL AND URBAN AREA., Siddhika Kadam, Deepali Hande INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-4 | April-2020

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