The effects of body mass index (BMI) on the acceptance and future of profession

Serkan KÖKSOY; Canan DEMİR BARUTCU; Mümin POLAT

Article Details

The effects of body mass index (BMI) on the acceptance and future of profession

Authors:

Serkan KÖKSOY | Canan DEMİR BARUTCU | Mümin POLAT

Publisher:

Mümin POLAT

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Health Science and Life 2018 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.14-18

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000637560

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2687-2730

pISSN:

2687-2730

Abstract:

 


Objective:
Obesity is an increase in the proportion of body fat to whole body. Body Mass
Index (BMI) is used to classify obesity on the basis of height and weight. BMI
is important for some occupations and higher education programs such as   first and emergency aid. For this reason,
this study was conducted to evaluate the body mass index of the 95 students who
study in the first and emergency aid program. For this purpose initially
questionnaire form was used, the result was analysed by one way ANOVA and
student t-test.


Results:
95 students participated in our study (female: 58, male: 37). The students were
168.89±7.14 cm in height, 62.13±10.36 kg in weight, and 22.08±4.56 kg/m2 body
mass index in average. While the average BMI of male was 22.41±2.91 kg / m2,
the mean BMI of female was 21.40±2.74 kg / m2. The difference between females
and males were statistically insignificant (p=0.09). However, Males had higher
BMI than female. While the body mass index of the students who study in the
daily education was 22.21±2.64 kg / m2, BMI of students who study in the second
education was found as 21.29±3.03 kg / m2. The difference between the daily and
evening education students were statistically insignificant (p=0.116). Average
of BMI of daily students was higher than the evening education. 14.73% of the
population's BMI was considered overweight (25-29.9)







Conclusion:
According to the results of the research, it has been found that a large
proportion of the students have maintained the body mass index during the last
nine months after acceptance of program. The importance of protecting the body
mass index at the normal level for students who cannot protect the body mass
index should be emphasized and awareness should be created in this regard.


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Article Details

The effects of body mass index (BMI) on the acceptance and future of profession

Authors: Serkan KÖKSOY | Canan DEMİR BARUTCU | Mümin POLAT

Publisher: Mümin POLAT

Main Topics: Promotion of health

Journal: Turkish Journal of Health Science and Life 2018 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.14-18

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2018

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000637560

Frequency: Tri-annual

eISSN: 2687-2730

pISSN: 2687-2730

Issues

Authors:

Serkan KÖKSOY | Canan DEMİR BARUTCU | Mümin POLAT

Publisher:

Mümin POLAT

Main Topics:

Promotion of health

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Health Science and Life 2018 Vol.1 Issue 1, pp.14-18

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000637560

Frequency:

Tri-annual

eISSN:

2687-2730

pISSN:

2687-2730