COMPARISON OF BODY COMPOSITION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN OF VARANASI DISTRICT

Mr. Nripendra Mani Sharma, Dr SanjeevYadav and Dr Brij Kishore Prasad

ABSTRACT

The Main Purpose of the study was to analyze difference in terms of Body Composition of school going children of Varanasi District in Uttar Pradesh. Total one Hundread (Fifty male Subjects each from Urban area and Rural area School) were selected randomly as subjects of study. From Urban area the subjects were taken from Jai Narayan Inter College, Varanasi whereas in terms of Rural area the subjects were taken from Kisan Inter college, Varanasi The age group of the subjects ranged from 12 to 14 years. The data was collected during school hours (8 a.m to 12 noon) by administering Harpenden Skinfold Callipers. Independent t Test was employed to analyse the difference in terms of Body Composition of school children. By using Independent t Test it was found that there was significant difference among Body Composition of  school children  . The t value of Body Composition was found to be (t=6.28) at 0.05 Level of Significance which clearly shows that there was a Significant difference among Body Composition of school children.

Keywords: Skin Fold Callipers, Body Composition, Urban and Rural.