Abstract:- Background of the study: Obesity is considered one of the growing health problems as it has great effects on the child and adolescent’s health; leading to significant health problems either organic or psychological. The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge regarding physical activity on prevention of obesity among adolescents girls. To assess the attitude regarding physical activity on prevention of obesity among adolescents girls. To correlate the knowledge and attitude regarding physical activity on prevention of obesity among adolescents girls. To find out the association between knowledge of physical activity with their selected demographic variables. To find out the association between attitude of physical activity with their selected demographic variables. The research approach used for this study was quantitative approach. The research design for this study is Non experimental descriptive study design. Sample size was 100 adolescents girls. Convenient sampling technique was used for the study. The collected data was analyzed by using both descriptive & inferential statistics. The study results found that out of 100 samples the majority of adolescents girls 67(67%) had inadequate knowledge, 23 (23%) had moderately adequate knowledge and 10 (10%) of students had adequate level of knowledge regarding physical activity on prevention of obesity. Based on the attitude majority of the adolescents girls 56 ( 56%) had poor attitude, 32 ( 32%) had good attitude and 12 (12%) had very good attitude towards physical activity on prevention of obesity. The overall knowledge mean score 53.77. The overall attitude mean score 39.2. There was a significant association found between the knowledge and age, education of mother, dietary pattern, hobbies. There was a significant association found between the attitude and education of mother, place of living. The study concluded that adolescents girls had inadequate knowledge and poor attitude regarding physical activity on prevention of obesity…
Mrs. R.G. PADMAPRIYA, Dr. G. AMBUJAM
Knowledge, attitude, physical activity, obesity and adolescents girls
