Comparative Study of Eating Habits, Bmi and Physical Activity among Adolescence

Abstract: The purpose of the study was to compare the Eating Habits responses, BMI and Physical Activities between boys and girls of 13 years to 15 years old age group from Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Silchar, Assam. The study was formulated as a true random group design. Equal number of subjects were assigned into two groups i.e. boys and girls. The sample size of the study was eighty (N=80) in total with both male (N=40) and female (N=40). Only the regular school going students and day-scholar students were included. The test was conducted for all the subjects on selected questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (PAQ-A) was used to determine the last 7 days physical activity level and Adolescent Food Habits Checklist (AFHC) was used to determine eating habit and food choices. Moreover, the anthropometric measurements were also taken for each participant to check their Body Mass Index (BMI). To determine whether there is significantly different in selected variables among girls and boys, Descriptive Statistics, Independent t-test was applied and level of significance was set at 0.05 level. The statistical findings reveals that there was no significance difference in the variables between boys and girls. Hence, the formulated hypothesis was rejected. According to the collected data, boys have the small percentage of more participation in their Physical Activities, Healthy Eating and also the normal range in their BMI, but the statistical finding shows that there was no significant difference in the variables. So, the conclusion was drawn as there was no significant difference in their Physical Activities, Healthy Eating and BMI between the boys and girls of Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Silchar, Assam.