EFFECT OF JOGGING ON BODY MASS INDEX OF FEMALE ADULTS WITH BODY IMAGE PROBLEM IN CHINDIT CANTONMENT, ZARIA, NIGERIA

This study was conducted to assess the effect of jogging on body mass index of female adults with body image problem in Chindit Cantonment, Zaria, Nigeria. The anthropometric measurement collected was Body Mass Index (BMI) among female adults. Atotal of 40 female adults with mean age of 25.6 and BMI between 25.0 – 229.9kg/m who served as sample for this study were randomly assigned into posttest (n=20) and pretest group (n=20), the posttest group went through training programme on three alternate days a week for 8 weeks. Jogging duration and intensities were increased at three weeks interval from 25, 30 to 40 minutes at 40%, 60% and 70% HRmax. The data were subjective to descriptive statistics and t-test were used to analyse the data. Decisions to reject or retain the null hypotheses were at 0.05 alpha levels. The results of the study showed significant reduction of BMI from the baseline value to the eighth week of training (p=0.001). The study found significant effect of the training program on BMI and recommends the role of optimizing the efficiency of body image, jogging for eight weeks, thrice per week at moderate to high intensity levels cannot be overemphasized as it positively altered body mass index (BMI) of female adults in Chindit Cantonment Zaria.