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| Article Name : | | | EFFECT OF VEGETARIAN AND NON-VEGETARIAN DIET ON BODY MASS INDEX OF VARIOUS SOCIO-ECONOMIC CATEGORY SPORTSMAN | | Author Name : | | | Ajay Kumar , Hariom Sharma | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-136 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | Background: Body Mass Index is perhaps the most common anthropometric measure used to predict relative overweight. However, the value of the measurement in children and adolescents is regularly questioned. The natural course of growth and maturation in children, plus the individual variability during the same period mean that indices of weight-for-height, including the Body Mass Index (W/H2) are not very good indices of adiposity. In children younger than 15 years of age, BMI is not totally independent of height and thus should be used with caution. The purpose of the present study was to compare the effect of vegetarian and non-vegetarian diet on body mass index of various socio-economic categories Sportsman.
Methods: 229 Sportsman of Madhya Pradesh were serving as subjects for this study. The ages of the subjects ranged from 18-24 years. They were divided into 3 groups on the basis of Socio-Economics status (i.e., high, medium and low) and two groups on the basis of food habits i.e. vegetarian & non-vegetarian. The study was delimited to the subjects of sportsman who has represented State level in Hockey, Cricket, Football and Basketball. The variable for the study were body mass index. Descriptive statistics and Two Way Analysis of Variance was used to find out the interpretation between group difference on the various Socio-Economic Categories and food habits (Vegetarians & Non-Vegetarians) for body mass index. | | Keywords : | | - socioeconomic status
- vegetarian & non-vegetarian
- body mass index
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