Cardio Respiratory Fitness in Children on Various Body Mass Index

Background: Cardio respiratory fitness is important for paediatric population. Many of the parents not aware of this. Children are not allowed to play outside in terms of safety and over caring so they prone to have poor cardio respiratory fitness. So this study is aimed to find out the effect of Body Mass Index on cardio respiratory fitness in children.

Methods: This is a cross sectional study involved with 60 healthy children aged between 8-12 years. All the samples are collected in convenient manner and allocated in three groups according through their BMI rate (normal, overweight, and obese). Those who are under any medications, having history of neuromuscular or heart disease or injuries and having any limitation in physical activity were excluded from this study. The study duration is 2 months. Six minute walk test was explained to the samples and made them to perform it after explanation. Distance through the six minute walk test was measured and estimated the maximum oxygen consumption (VO2 max) through the Cahaline formula, data’s are collected.

Results: The obtained data’s are analysed with KRUSKAL WALLIS test and compared. The p value showed < 0.00001 (P<0.05). The mean value of the group A is higher than the other 2 groups.

Conclusion: It is concluded that the normal body mass index children have good cardio respiratory fitness than the overweight and obese children.

Author(s): Velkumar V*, Godcil S, Shanmugananth E, Charumathi T, Senthil S

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