A Study on Fat Percentage Difference between Caesarean and Non-Caesarean School Boy

Abstract

Background: Now-a-days, Childhood obesity is one of the common problem in advanced countries of the world. The main reason is predicted as- lack of physical exercise, increasing habit of fast food and other various causes. There is one question which always arise in our mind whether delivery mode can affect children's Fat%!

The purpose of the study is to find out the difference in fat percentage level between caesarean and non-caesarean school Boys.

Materials & Method: Total number of subject selected for the study was 96, out of which 48 were Caesarean and 48 Non- Caesarean. They were doing study in class IX-X level from ‘Patha-Bhavana and Siksha-Satra, Visva-Bharati' located at Bolpur, West Bengal, India. Dial type Skin Fold Caliper was used for measuring fat% and Brozek et al1963 fat percentage measurement formula & Jackson Pollock body density measurement formula. The collected data were calculated by using descriptive statistics and "t” test and level of significance was set on 0.05 level.

Result: There were a significance difference exist on Fat% level between caesarean and non-caesarean boys.

Conclusion: The finding demonstrated that caesarean born Boys possess higher Fat% level than Non- Caesarean Boys.