Effects Of Regular Jogging Exercise On Cardiopulmonary Parameters Of Overweight Adolescents In Kaduna Metropolis, Kaduna State Nigeria

📄 Project Abstract

Inactivity and poor cardiopulmonary fitness are crucial problems affecting a growing number of adolescents globally. Research evidence shows that there is a tendency among adolescents to participate in less Physical Education programs in schools and in after school physical activities in many developing countries of the world as Nigeria. In recent years, jogging has become popular as a way of staying physically fit. In this study, a 12 weeks jogging programme of 30 - 60 minutes on three alternate days a week (Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays) was conducted involving overweight adolescents of Kaduna metropolis, Kaduna State Nigeria. A stratified sampling technique was used to select twenty (20) each of male and female overweight adolescents (13 to 16 years) with BMI between 25.0 - 29.9ml.kg.m2 who served as sample for this study. Anthropometric and cardiopulmonary measurements were taken at baseline and after 12 weeks of training (post training). One group (pretest post- test) research de...