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International Journal of Yogic, Human Movement and Sports Sciences
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ISSN: 2456-4419, Impact Factor RJIF: 5.18

2019, Vol. 4 Issue 1, Part O

Effects of body mass index and a body shape index of young healthy sedentary men and women

AUTHOR(S): Jassim AJ and Dr. C Jubilet Gnanachellam
ABSTRACT:
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”. It is important to an individual, a group, a nation, and indeed the whole world. There are more nations competing in the Olympic Games. The popularity and importance of performance in sports have increased rapidly in the last few decades. The increase in popularity and importance is not only due to the fact that performance sports are glamorous and spectacular to watch. Sports perform multifarious functions for the human society. The popularity of sports is still increasing at a fast pace and this happy trend is likely to continue in the future also. With all round advancement in the science of sports new disciplines are emerging with super specializations. The purpose of study was to analyze the effect of body mass index and a body shape index of young healthy sedentary men and women. One thousand (N=1000) sedentary young men and women studying schools and colleges in Kerala state were selected as subject for the study. Their age ranged from 17-23 year.
Pages: 788-793  |  898 Views  85 Downloads
How to cite this article:
Jassim AJ, Dr. C Jubilet Gnanachellam. Effects of body mass index and a body shape index of young healthy sedentary men and women. Int J Yogic Hum Mov Sports Sciences 2019;4(1):788-793.
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