Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong
For Asian population overweight has been defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 22.9kg/m2, with obesity defined as BMI greater than 25 kg/m2. The incidence of obesity has tripled in Malaysia since 1996, with one third of the adult population being currently overweight or obese. This study...
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| description | For Asian population overweight has been defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 22.9kg/m2, with
obesity defined as BMI greater than 25 kg/m2. The incidence of obesity has tripled in Malaysia since 1996, with one
third of the adult population being currently overweight or obese. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an
intervention programme on the level of Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 purposely sampled form four overweight and
obese female students from SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. Data were obtained through the
WHO (2004) BMI test procedure which was conducted before and after the 8-week intervention programme. Paired
t-test analysis for the treatment group (N=20) indicated that the circuit training intervention programme was able to
reduce the subjects BMI. In addition, the independent t-test for post test between both Treatment and control
(N=20) groups also showed significant difference. Thus, it was proven that eight weeks of circuit training
intervention programme was able to reduce the level of the students’ BMI even though the reduction level was not
that high. If the programme was extended there would be greater changes in the students’ BMI levels and served as
a good aid for Malaysia’s Physical Education teachers in their effort to combat student obesity. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:103172017-04-18T07:08:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10317/ Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong Gunathevan Elumalai, Sandakumary Munusamy, Norkhalid Salimin, Mohd. Izwan Shahril, For Asian population overweight has been defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 22.9kg/m2, with obesity defined as BMI greater than 25 kg/m2. The incidence of obesity has tripled in Malaysia since 1996, with one third of the adult population being currently overweight or obese. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention programme on the level of Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 purposely sampled form four overweight and obese female students from SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. Data were obtained through the WHO (2004) BMI test procedure which was conducted before and after the 8-week intervention programme. Paired t-test analysis for the treatment group (N=20) indicated that the circuit training intervention programme was able to reduce the subjects BMI. In addition, the independent t-test for post test between both Treatment and control (N=20) groups also showed significant difference. Thus, it was proven that eight weeks of circuit training intervention programme was able to reduce the level of the students’ BMI even though the reduction level was not that high. If the programme was extended there would be greater changes in the students’ BMI levels and served as a good aid for Malaysia’s Physical Education teachers in their effort to combat student obesity. School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10317/1/12x.geografia-siupsi-mei16-Gunathevan-edam1.pdf Gunathevan Elumalai, and Sandakumary Munusamy, and Norkhalid Salimin, and Mohd. Izwan Shahril, (2016) Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 12 (6). pp. 112-117. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2016&vol=12&issue=6&ver=loc |
| spellingShingle | Gunathevan Elumalai, Sandakumary Munusamy, Norkhalid Salimin, Mohd. Izwan Shahril, Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong |
| title | Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur
school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong |
| title_full | Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur
school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong |
| title_fullStr | Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur
school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur
school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong |
| title_short | Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur
school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong |
| title_sort | physical education for combating obesity among kuala lumpur
school students: a case study of smk taman bukit maluri, kepong |
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