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Obesity is when a person is carrying too much body fat
for their height and sex. Without lifestyle changes to
increase the amount of physical activity done on a daily
basis, or reduce the amount of calories consumed, people
can become obese. Childhood obesity is also a global
problem. Obesity and overweight, in addition to their
related diseases, are largely preventable by early
identification and treatment. The intention of this study is
to compare the effects of six minute walk test on
physiological variables among normal weight versus
overweight children. The study was conducted in three
different schools. 150 children who satisfied with
inclusion criteria of the study were selected from three
schools via stratified random sampling. The subjects were
divided into 2 groups - Group I with normal weight
children and Group II with overweight children. Each
group contained 75 subjects. The six-minute walk test
(6MWT) was administered to all the children. The
participant’s Physiological Variables (BP, HR, RR, and
RPE) were recorded, before and instantaneously
following the test. The findings revealed that the resting
SBP, DBP, HR and RR were observed to be significantly
higher (p=<0.0001) in Overweight children than Normal
Weight children. There are differences observed in the
physiological variables with 6MWT in overweight
children when compared with normal weight children
{NW: SBP – 10.67%, DBP – 0.84%, HR – 13.74%, RR –
44.30%; OW: SBP – 7.43%, DBP – 2.54%, HR – 15.67%,
RR – 36.77%}. Six-minute walk distance (6MWD) was
6.16 % higher in NW than OW children. These
differences were statistically significant (p value =
<0.0001, NW: 509.96M, OW: 479.46m).
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