Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to find out the influence of physical exercises on body mass index among obese
women. To achieve the purpose of the present study, thirty obese women from Coimbatore district, Tamilnadu, India were selected as subjects at random and their ages ranged from 30 to 40 years. The study was formulated as a true random group design, consisting of a pre-test and post-test. The subjects (n=30) were randomly assigned to two equal groups as physical exercises group (PEG) and control group (CG) in an equivalent manner. The experimental group participated for a period of six weeks for alternate three days in a week and the post-tests were taken. To find out the difference between the two groups paired ‘t’ test was used. The result reveals that the physical exercises group showed better performance on BMI than the control group.
Author Name(S) : Dr.V. Saminathan
Keywords: Physical Exercises, BMI, Obese Women.
Leave a Reply