Performance in different games is supposed to be related to better physical fitness. The purpose of this study was to find out anthropometric measurements, body composition and somatotyping differences among female Kho-Kho players and controls. 99 young female subjects (Kho-Kho players: N=49 and controls: N=49) of age group 18-24 years were randomly selected from the participant of South zone interuniversity Kho-Kho tournament for women, 2011-12, organized by Physical education and sports department, Pondicherry University, India. All the participants were assessed for height, weight, breadths, girths and skinfold thickness. The independent samples t-test revealed that Kho-Kho players had significantly higher height (p<0.05), as compared to controls. The Kho-Kho players were also found to have significantly greater lean body mass (p<0.01) and ectomorph component (p<0.05) as compared to controls. Controls had significantly greater percent body fat and total body fat (p<0.05) as compared to Kho-Kho players. The Kho-Kho players of this study were found to have higher percentage body fat with lower body height and body weight than their international counterparts. Further investigations are needed on above studied variables along with fitness and physiological variables to assess relationship among them and with performance in Kho-Kho. The findings of the present study might be useful in future investigation on player selection, talent identification in the game of Kho-Kho and its training programmed development.
Man needs a wide range of nutrients to lead a healthy and active life and these are derived through the diet they consume daily. Good nutrition is a basic component of health. Health and nutritional status of an individual depends on the food he eats. This paper deals with the utility of various anthropometric cut-off points in the evaluation of nutritional & Health status. The Kharwar is one of the Adavasi groups of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. They are contemporary of Mundari speaking Indian tribes. Racially they belong to Proto-Australoids and linguistically to Dravidian group. The traditional economic activities of the Kharwar have been agriculture and other wage earning labour. The present study is to investigate the nutritional status of adult tribals of Kharwar group. This cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of undernutrition using body mass index (BMI) among 18 years and above Kharwar adults of Uttar Pradesh, India. A total of 151 (75 males and 76 females) adult from different villages of Varanasi District were measured. Result revealed that prevalence of undernutrition (age and sex combined) among Kharwar was 26.5 %. The sex specific rates were 33.3 % and 19.4 % among females and males, respectively. There was a highly significant sex difference in CED prevalence based on BMI. Kharwar adults were experiencing high (serious) situation for all age groups and the women and oldest among them were experiencing the most serious situation with respect to their health and nutritional status.
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