Department of Sport Science, Kotebe Metropolitan University, Ethiopia
Abstract
Introduction: The purpose of present study was to examine effect of home physical exercise on obesity in social isolation period of corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Material & Methods: In this study, participants were a random sample of 150 actively online friends from the entire social medias friends of totaling 200 friends of the researcher. Data were collected in Ethiopia, between April 1 and July 1, 2020. A descriptive statistics was employed. Moreover, a paired sample t-test was used at level of significance set at 0.05 alpha to compare participant obesity before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The results indicated that, before pandemic 78.8 % of participants and during pandemic period 87.9% of participants had normal body weight. But there was variation of BMI. For instance before pandemic there were underweight subjects but during pandemic there was no a single individual in underweight category. The reason was majority participants gained 1-5 kg and some individuals gained 6-10kg of body weight during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the result of paired sample t-test analysis, BMI significantly increased after COVID-19 (P=0.003). Conclusion: Based on the results, 72.8 % participants gained weight during pandemic because people minimized their time to exercise and eating too much without burring calories. Therefore, during COVID-19 pandemic period, people should perform physical exercises regularly at home to avoid excessive body weight.
Shiferaw, T. (2020). Effect of home physical exercise on obesity in social isolation period of Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic, Ethiopia. Journal of Physical Activity and Hormones, 4(1), 41-56.
MLA
Tilahun Bereded Shiferaw. "Effect of home physical exercise on obesity in social isolation period of Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic, Ethiopia". Journal of Physical Activity and Hormones, 4, 1, 2020, 41-56.
HARVARD
Shiferaw, T. (2020). 'Effect of home physical exercise on obesity in social isolation period of Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic, Ethiopia', Journal of Physical Activity and Hormones, 4(1), pp. 41-56.
VANCOUVER
Shiferaw, T. Effect of home physical exercise on obesity in social isolation period of Corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic, Ethiopia. Journal of Physical Activity and Hormones, 2020; 4(1): 41-56.
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