Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong

Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong

For Asian population overweight has been defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 22.9kg/m2, with obesity defined as BMI greater than 25 kg/m2. The incidence of obesity has tripled in Malaysia since 1996, with one third of the adult population being currently overweight or obese. This study...

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Main Authors: Gunathevan Elumalai, Sandakumary Munusamy, Norkhalid Salimin, Mohd. Izwan Shahril
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Published: School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
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spelling ukm-103172017-04-18T07:08:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10317/ Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong Gunathevan Elumalai, Sandakumary Munusamy, Norkhalid Salimin, Mohd. Izwan Shahril, For Asian population overweight has been defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 22.9kg/m2, with obesity defined as BMI greater than 25 kg/m2. The incidence of obesity has tripled in Malaysia since 1996, with one third of the adult population being currently overweight or obese. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention programme on the level of Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 purposely sampled form four overweight and obese female students from SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. Data were obtained through the WHO (2004) BMI test procedure which was conducted before and after the 8-week intervention programme. Paired t-test analysis for the treatment group (N=20) indicated that the circuit training intervention programme was able to reduce the subjects BMI. In addition, the independent t-test for post test between both Treatment and control (N=20) groups also showed significant difference. Thus, it was proven that eight weeks of circuit training intervention programme was able to reduce the level of the students’ BMI even though the reduction level was not that high. If the programme was extended there would be greater changes in the students’ BMI levels and served as a good aid for Malaysia’s Physical Education teachers in their effort to combat student obesity. School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10317/1/12x.geografia-siupsi-mei16-Gunathevan-edam1.pdf Gunathevan Elumalai, and Sandakumary Munusamy, and Norkhalid Salimin, and Mohd. Izwan Shahril, (2016) Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 12 (6). pp. 112-117. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2016&vol=12&issue=6&ver=loc
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description For Asian population overweight has been defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 22.9kg/m2, with obesity defined as BMI greater than 25 kg/m2. The incidence of obesity has tripled in Malaysia since 1996, with one third of the adult population being currently overweight or obese. This study evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention programme on the level of Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 purposely sampled form four overweight and obese female students from SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. Data were obtained through the WHO (2004) BMI test procedure which was conducted before and after the 8-week intervention programme. Paired t-test analysis for the treatment group (N=20) indicated that the circuit training intervention programme was able to reduce the subjects BMI. In addition, the independent t-test for post test between both Treatment and control (N=20) groups also showed significant difference. Thus, it was proven that eight weeks of circuit training intervention programme was able to reduce the level of the students’ BMI even though the reduction level was not that high. If the programme was extended there would be greater changes in the students’ BMI levels and served as a good aid for Malaysia’s Physical Education teachers in their effort to combat student obesity.
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author Gunathevan Elumalai,
Sandakumary Munusamy,
Norkhalid Salimin,
Mohd. Izwan Shahril,
spellingShingle Gunathevan Elumalai,
Sandakumary Munusamy,
Norkhalid Salimin,
Mohd. Izwan Shahril,
Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong
author_facet Gunathevan Elumalai,
Sandakumary Munusamy,
Norkhalid Salimin,
Mohd. Izwan Shahril,
author_sort Gunathevan Elumalai,
title Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong
title_short Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong
title_full Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong
title_fullStr Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong
title_full_unstemmed Physical education for combating obesity among Kuala Lumpur school students: a case study of SMK Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong
title_sort physical education for combating obesity among kuala lumpur school students: a case study of smk taman bukit maluri, kepong
publisher School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2016
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10317/1/12x.geografia-siupsi-mei16-Gunathevan-edam1.pdf
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