THE EFFECT OF BODY COMPOSITION ON PHYSICAL FITNESS IN PEOPLE WITH OBESITY

Abstract

The aimed of study to investigate the effect of body composition on physical fitness of adults with obesity. This study applied a cross-sectional design and it involved 80 adults aged 30-45 years consisting of 46 men (12.79±0.38) and 34 women (12.77±0.46). The BMI mean scores of male and female subjects were (24.41±5.55) kg/m2 and (21.64±4.98) kg/m2 based on fitnessgram test and validated PAR-Q questionnaire. None of the subjects had moderate, good, or very good physical fitness levels. Most of the subjects have a low physical fitness level. The increase of BMI will decrease the physical fitness level.