Effects Of Aerobic Training On Body Composition And Cardiorespiratory Functions Of Obese And Non-Obese Adolescents In Numan, Adamawa State, Nigeria

📄 Project Abstract

This study was carried to assess the effect of jogging body composition and cardiorespiratory functions of obese and non-obese adolescents in Numan, Adamawa state. Obesity is a health hazard of epidemic proportion in most developed and developing countries around the world and in Nigeria in recent years. World Health Organization estimated that 35% of adult populations in industrialized and developing nations are obese and Nigerian Health care system is rated one of the lowest five in the world. Research design, population, sample and sampling techniques, research instruments, procedure for data collection, training protocol, and statistical techniques were used as methodology in this study. The population for this study comprised of 570 male and female students of Junior Secondary Schools in Numan metropolis. Using the stratified sampling technique, 88 students were screened and a total of 80 students successfully completed the training programme by gender and ages of 12, 13, 14 and 1...