The Rates of Fatness, Obesity and Overweight and the Levels of Some Body Composition Components as well as the Rate of Basal Metabolism and Body Mass Index among the Female Students in the Faculty of Sports Sciences at Mutah University

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the rate and levels of fatness, obesity, and overweight according to the standards of body mass index of World health Organization as well as the percentage of body fat according to age and normal proportions in the body, in addition to identifying the standard levels of body composition components, basa metabolic rate, and body mass index among the female students in the faculty of sports sciences at Mutah University. The research used the descriptive approach. The study was applied to 63 female volunteer students. The arithmetic mean and standard deviation for their ages were (20.63±1.25), their heights (160.52±6.49), and their weights (69.33±11.67). The study individuals underwent the test of body component analysis using Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and  In Body 370s device in order to find the fat mass in kilograms, body fat percentage (%), body water in liters, rate of metabolism, and body mass index. To treat the data statisticallly, , the researcher used arithmetic means, standard deviations, percentages and percentiles as well as the standards of the World Health Organization for body mass index and the standards of the American Committee for Sports Medicine (ACSM) to determine fat percentage. The results showed that (25%) of the study female participants suffer from obesity, (30.16%) are overweight, and (95.24%) have fat rates above the natural level. Standard levels were set for some body composition components, basal metabolism rates, and body mass index using the following ratios of percentile ranks (5%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 90%). In the light of the results, the study recommended the necessity of developing educational programs related to nutrition, healthy food, and nutritional practices among the study samples as well as helping these study sample individuals to develop and build their training and nutritional programs in order to reduce their weight and get rid of overweight and obesity.