Correlation of BMI with Physical Activity and Fatigue in College Going Students

Abstract

Introduction: young adults are not susceptible to having healthy weight. Now a days modern lifestyle along with increased consumption of a junk and sedentary behavior it has been observed that fatigue and physical fitness of most people is being compromised and due to that there is also seen difference in their BMI which further affects their entire body. So the objective of study is to find the correlation of BMI with physical activity and fatigue in college going students. Materials & methods: An observational study was conducted in the Ahmedabad city colleges. Fatigue severity scale and international physical activity questionnaire were filled from 106 students of both the gender between age group of 18 to 25 through online Google forms. Ethical clearance has been taken. Result: SPSS version 29 software was used for data analysis. There is significant negative correlation found between BMI and physical activity. (r=-0.3, p<0.001). There is Positive significant correlation found between BMI and fatigue. (r=0.13, p<0.001) Conclusion: The result of this study suggests that the physical activity and fatigue of the subjects differed significantly from the BMI. Physical activity decreases as their BMI increases. And as BMI increases, fatigue levels also increase. Key words: physical activity, fatigue, BMI