International Journal of Health & Allied Sciences

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year
: 2014  |  Volume : 3  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 95--99

Fitness levels in school going children of 8-14 years from Udupi


Kavitha Raja1, Saumen Gupta1, Shweta Bodhke2, N Girish3 
1 JSS College of Physiotherapy, Mysore, Karnataka, India
2 RV College of Physiotherapy, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3 Department of Physiotherapy, SOAHS, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India

Correspondence Address:
Kavitha Raja
JSS College of Physiotherapy, Ramanuja Road, Mysore 570 004, Karnataka
India

Background: Childhood fitness is an emerging area of concern as prevalence of childhood obesity is rising. Indian studies, have identified decreased fitness levels and increased obesity in urban children. However, studies incorporating a comprehensive fitness evaluation are unavailable. In order to establish appropriate school fitness programs, baseline fitness levels in the target children is essential. Aims: The aim of this study is to evaluate health and performance related fitness levels of school going children between the ages of 8 and 14 years old. Settings and Design: Schools from Udupi Taluk, observational design. Materials and Methods: Fitness testing battery adapted from Presidential fitness challenge. Statistical Analysis Used: Descriptive statistics, parametric tests of comparison, and correlation were carried out using Pearson�SQ�s correlation coefficient. Results: Children were divided into age groups consisting of 1 year age intervals. Reference values are guidelines given by President�SQ�s challenge. Children who scored 25-32 points were considered as very fit; 17-24 as being adequately fit and 8-16 as unfit. Children from vernacular schools were more fit than those from English medium schools, with boys doing better (P = 0.01). Conclusions: From the results of this study, we can conclude that basic levels of health-related fitness are low among school children of Udupi Taluk, Karnataka.


How to cite this article:
Raja K, Gupta S, Bodhke S, Girish N. Fitness levels in school going children of 8-14 years from Udupi.Int J Health Allied Sci 2014;3:95-99


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Raja K, Gupta S, Bodhke S, Girish N. Fitness levels in school going children of 8-14 years from Udupi. Int J Health Allied Sci [serial online] 2014 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];3:95-99
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