AN ASSESSMENT AND COMPARISON OF BODY MASS INDEX AMONG SEDENTARY, MODERATE AND

HIGHLY ACTIVE MALE STUDENTS

Manoj Kumar

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess and compare body mass index among Sedentary, Moderate and Highly Active male students from Banaras Hindu University Varanasi. 90 male students from Banaras Hindu University Varanasi were selected purposively. The age level of the subjects ranged from 18 to 28 years. The data was analyzed by applying Descriptive Statistics (Mean, Standard Deviation) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) technique to assess and Compare the body mass index among Sedentary, Moderate and Highly Active male students from Banaras Hindu University Varanasi. The level of significance was set at 0.05. There was significant difference found among Sedentary, Moderate and Highly Active male students from Banaras Hindu University Varanasi in relation to body mass index, as obtained F-ratio was 11.53, which was higher than the tabulated value of 3.11, at 0.05 level with (2, 87) degree of freedom. Significant difference was found among Sedentary, Moderate and Highly Active male students from Banaras Hindu University Varanasi in relation to body mass index. Sedentary Males students possessed greater/higher comparison to Highly Active Male students and Moderate Males students in relation to body mass index. In case of body mass index Significant difference was found between sedentary & moderate male; moderate & highly male students of BHU whereas found  insignificant between  sedentary & highly active male students of BHU and observed sequence of of performance was found Sedentary Males students > Highly Active Male students > Moderate Males students of BHU in relation to body mass index.

Keywords: Body mass index, Sedentary male, Moderate male and Highly Active male students