Volume : II, Issue : IX, September - 2013
Correlation of Fitness, Fatness, Blood Cholesterol and Blood Sugar
Dr. Usman M. S. , Dr. B. A. Thobani
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Unhealthy eating habits and decreased physical exercise lower physical fitness, increasing the risk factors of coronary heart disease and diabetes mellitus etc. The present study planned to assess the level of physical fitness and its correlation with fatness, blood sugar (fasting & post meal) and blood cholesterol. The study was conducted on 50 overweight + obese individual & 50 healthy male subjects (control) in the age group of 20–40 years. Fatness assessed by measuring skin fold thickness on triceps, mid bicep region, lower tips of scapula, midway between elbow and shoulder, over iliac crest by Herpender Calliper. Fitness assessed by Harvard step test, which is simple, inexpensive and easy to perform.Blood sugar and blood cholesterol were estimated by enzymatic method. Fitness index calculated, and found low in overweight + obese individuals. Skin fold thickness, body fat, blood cholesterol and blood sugar found statistically highly significant in overweight + obese individual (p< 0.001).The fitness index then negatively correlated with percentage of body fat ( R–0.409 ),blood cholesterol ( R–0.488 ),fasting blood sugar ( R–0.522 ) and post meal blood sugar ( R– 0.420 ). The fitness was high in control. Fatness, sr. cholesterol & blood sugar were high in over weight + obese, suggesting that the physical fitness should be increased by regular exercise, which will burn our excess body fat and blood sugar, and keep the cardiovascular diseases and diabetes away
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DOI : 10.36106/ijsr
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DR. USMAN M.S., DR. B.A.THOBANI Correlation of Fitness, Fatness, Blood
Cholesterol and Blood Sugar International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 9 September 2013
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DR. USMAN M.S., DR. B.A.THOBANI Correlation of Fitness, Fatness, Blood Cholesterol and Blood Sugar International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 9 September 2013
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