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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 7, No 8 (2016), Pagination: 810-812
Abstract
The present study investigated the effectiveness of six weeks stair climbing programme on selected physical and psychological variables of obese college students. Thirty obese female students aged 20-25 years were randomly assigned to control (n =15) and experimental (n = 15) groups. Experimental group climbed on staircases located with in a four storey hostel building, consisting of 100 steps. The prescribed intensity was involved climbing 25 steps in one minute. BMI and self-esteem of both control and experimental group were measured before and after the training programme. The dependent t-test suggests that there is significant difference between control and experimental group in pre and post-test measures. The findings of the study provide evidence that stair climbing can enhance self-esteem reduce BMI of obese students. Given that such improvement resulted from this moderate exercise, stair climbing should be promoted as a health-enhancing physical activity.
Keywords
BMI, Self-Esteem, Stair Climbing, Physical Activity.
