IndexMATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY: INCLUSION CRITERIA: EXCLUSION CRITERIA: PROCEDURE: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: RESULTS: Fitness is a general term used to describe the ability to perform a job physicist. It includes the following components: health-related components such as cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility and body composition, and skill-related components such as agility, balance, coordination, power and speed. Childhood fitness is an emerging area of concern as the prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing, the main reason being a sedentary lifestyle, high calorie intake, increase in indoor play such as video games, television, etc. Excess body weight in childhood and adolescence is associated with a higher risk of premature death and disability in adulthood, but overweight children are also more likely to develop non-communicable diseases such as diabetes at a young age. The International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) estimate that 200 million school-going children are overweight or obese. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay. The prevalence of obesity among school children in India has been reported to be high in Punjab at approximately 20.7% and lowest in South India at 15.1%. . India also faces a severe underweight problem, where 44% of children are underweight. Around 50% of underweight children are found in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh (60%), Jharkhand (56.5%), Bihar (55.9%) and Tamil Nadu (25%).[5] Underweight children are more prone to malnutrition, undernutrition, etc. Therefore, the need of the hour is to examine the burden of undernutrition and obesity.[5] So our study aims to find out the relationship between BMI and fitness in school children. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY: The materials used were pen, paper, scale, CDC charts, stadium meter, yoga mat, timer, wooden blocks, chalk and scale. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Children aged 8-11 years. Both genders were included. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Known neurological disease. Fracture or musculoskeletal injury. He underwent recent surgery. Any injury or illness. Acute disease or any congenital disease. PROCEDURE: Permission was obtained from our Principal, the Institutional Ethics Committee and the Principals of the selected schools. Informed, written consent was obtained from the students' parents after explaining the purpose of the study. 235 students from various schools of Pune were purposively included. The subjects' height, weight, and BMI were noted, and President's Fitness Tests were administered to each student. Partial curl ups: Students lay on the floor with arms outstretched, knee flexed with toes pointing forward, a line was marked under their knees and they had to lift themselves up so that their toes crossed the line. They had to repeat the procedure for a minute and numerous crumples were noted. Shuttle Run: 2 parallel lines were drawn 30 feet apart, the student was asked to run from behind the line, he had to pick up the placed object from behind the opposite line and keep the object behind the starting line , run back to the finishing line, cross it and choose another object, cross the starting line and keep the second object. The running time was recorded. V sit and reach: A 2-foot line was marked on the floor, a perpendicular to the center was marked, and the line was.
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