Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: February | Volume: 12 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 266-270
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220237
A Comparative Study on Physical Fitness among National Cadet Corps and Non-National Cadet Corps Adolescent College Girls
P. Charishma1, Navaneetha R2
1M.Sc Food and Nutrition, Department of Food and Nutrition and Research Centre, Smt.V.H.D Central Institute of Home Science Seshadri Road Bengaluru – 560 001
2Associate Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition and Research Centre, Smt.V.H.D Central Institute of Home Science Seshadri Road Bengaluru – 560 001
Corresponding Author: Navaneetha R
ABSTRACT
Physical fitness and health of young students is of great importance for the progress and prosperity of the nation. Lack of regular exercise and improper life style choices can lead to various ailments like obesity, hypertension, early onset diabetes and various metabolic syndromes. Indians are at an increased risk of heart ailments at a much younger age when compared to western population. The present study was carried out on 60 adolescent girls (17-19 years) of Maharani Women’s Arts, Commerce and Management College Bengaluru. The study compared physical fitness and anthropometric data of the students who were undergoing National Cadet Corps (NCC) training (experimental) and students who did not undergo NCC training (control group). The students were selected by purposive sampling. Health related fitness tests and anthropometric measurements were administered in 2 trials. The results showed the following: underweight was 47% amongst the experimental group with mean and SD (18.91±2.37). Underweight was 40% with mean and S.D of (19.23±2.19) in the control group. Waist hip ratio of control and experimental group was in the range of 0.75-0.79. The experimental group showed excellent physical fitness level when compared to the control group. Significant difference was observed in the performance of sit ups, pushups and 3 minute step test at 1% level of significance between the control and experimental subjects. This study shows that there is need for introducing regular exercises to increase physical fitness amongst adolescents.
Key words: physical fitness, National Cadet Corps, adolescents, anthropometry.