DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i12.012

Pages: 2245-2249

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of exercise program applied to obese children on Body weight, BMI, Iron, Sodium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Creatinine, Chlorine, Potassium, Calcium Ferritin and B12 levels. 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. Body mass index (BMI) was used to determine obesity in the formation of groups. The children who participated in the study were given sporting games and duration of walking program which were chosen according to the branches which lasted 60 minutes in 3 days, 3 days a week. In the plasma blood samples taken at the beginning and at the end of the study, Body weight, BMI, Iron, Sodium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Creatinine, Chlorine, Potassium, Calcium Ferritin and B12 levels were determined. 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. In the analysis of the measured values of the obese subjects between the pre-test and the post-test, the body weight, Creatinine and Potassium levels were found to be significant in favor of the last test (p<0.05); body weight, BMI, Magnesium and B12 levels of the overweight group were found to be significant in favor of the last test (p<0.05). As a result, it can be said that eight-week physical activities have changed some vitamin and mineral values.