The Effects of Sport on the Body Measure from Students of Different Disciplines

• Main Author: Vatan Kavak
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dicle University Medical School 2005-01-01
• Series: Dicle Medical Journal
• Subjects: BMI; Sport and Exercise; Health; Body Measure
• Online Access: http://4181.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=888042

Problems arising from excessive body weight may be overcome. Sport emerges to take a great part in this respect. This paper shows how human body is affected by sport.The individuals were selected from the students of two different disciplines. The body measure of students totaling to 200,, was then compared to those of the same number of students, who did not perform a regular physical activity. The values pertaining to the weight variable, implied a significant difference for both males and females. The BMI values obtained for the all students were in “no risk” group, while the average BMI values for the all female students, emerged to exhibit differences from those of the all male students.The results and the findings of this investigation implied that physical activities practiced regularly, have an influence on the body measure index of individuals.