Research Article
The Effect of Physical Activity on Body Composition in 9 and 10 Years Old Children
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.22-7-2020.2300299, author={Nawan Primasoni and Sugiyanto Sugiyanto and Furqon Hidayatullah and Muchsin Doewes}, title={The Effect of Physical Activity on Body Composition in 9 and 10 Years Old Children}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 5th International Seminar of Public Health and Education, ISPHE 2020, 22 July 2020, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Semarang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ISPHE}, year={2020}, month={9}, keywords={physical activity body composition children}, doi={10.4108/eai.22-7-2020.2300299} }- Nawan Primasoni
Sugiyanto Sugiyanto
Furqon Hidayatullah
Muchsin Doewes
Year: 2020
The Effect of Physical Activity on Body Composition in 9 and 10 Years Old Children
ISPHE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.22-7-2020.2300299
Abstract
This study examined the effect of football on body composition in children. It was designed with one group pre and post-test involving 9-year-old (n=22) and 10-year-old (n=18) children at the Football School of Universitas Negeri Yogya-karta. This study was conducted three times a week for six months by measuring height and weight. The pretest results showed, most of children in the 9-year-old group were healthy weight (91%). While the posttest indicated a change. The number healthy weight children was 19, while the underweight and overweight children remained the same. In the 10-year-old group, the most children were al-so healthy weight (10 children), while the posttest results showed that the number of underweight, healthy, overweight, and obese children were 2, 10, 2, and 4 re-spectively. Football is a sport with an anaerobic predominant energy system in which to produce energy comes from carbohydrates more than 90% and fat less than 10%.