Comparative Study of Fat Percentage and Muscle Mass of College Students of Hilly and Plain Areas

In physical fitness, body composition is used to describe the percentage of fat, bone and muscle in human bodies. Because muscular tissue takes up less space in our body than fat tissue, our body composition, as well as our weight, determines leanness. Two people of equal height and body weight may completely different from each other because they have different body composition. The subjects were selected by simple random sampling method. For the present study total 60 male subjects were selects were selected.30 subjects were selected from the affiliated colleges of Amravati university of plain areas and 30 subjects were selected from affiliated colleges of Kashmir University of hilly areas. This shows that Plain area college students are having more fat percentage than Hilly area students. Hence the hypothesis which was given by researcher is accepted. The study showed the partially significant difference among the mean of selected items of the groups. The conclusion of this research work may aware the students as well as players about the muscle mass while performing any physical activity.