DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i11.015

Pages: 2145-2148

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of an eight-week active sports and games program on hemoglobin and hematocrit levels in obese and overweight boys. The study included 40 boys, between the ages of 13-15, divided into two groups: one an obese group consisting of 20 boys, and the other, an overweight group also consisting of 20 boys. The children who participated in the study were included in a three-day-a-week program for 8 weeks. This consisted of 60 minutes of selected active sports and games and a walk that gradually increased in duration. Hemoglobin and hematocrit levels were determined from blood samples collected while resting at the beginning and at the end of the study. SPSS 22.0 statistics software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA) was used in the statistical analysis of data obtained in the study. The Independent Samples T test was used to compare the two groups, and the Paired Samples T test was used to analyze the difference between the pre and post-tests of the groups. After the application, analyzing the pre- and post-tests of the measured values taken from obese subjects, the body weight of the obese group significantly changed in favor of the post-test (p<0.05), whereas hemoglobin and hematocrit levels increased.