BODY MASS INDEX ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE FACULTY STUDENTS

Abstract

The present study aims to evidence the Educational Science Faculty students body mass index (BMI). It is known that BMI is determined from a person’s weight and its height, and it can categorise people in four major categories, such as: underweight, normalweight, overweight and obese, according to the scientific literature. The study revealed that out of 50 students, 16% were underweight, 50% were normalweight, 28% were overweight and 6% were obese, respectively.