Effects of body weight on some house works efficacy and some physiological parameters of females

ABSTRACT

In this work the effect of excess body weight on house works and some physiological parameters were conducted on twelve females' university students. The students were divided into a control [normal weight] group and experimental [overweight] group. The weakly cleaning of the living room was chosen as house work. A room was prepared as a living room with some furniture like tables, chairs, a sofa and cupboard in addition to a carpet on the ground and curtains on the walls. Observation of complexion, tremors, behavior reflecting boredom , level and time of performance as well as any complaint as tiredness, back pain, leg pain. Some physiological parameters as pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate forced respiratory capacity and expiratory time were measured. The results showed that overweight has passive effect on time and level of performance; also it affects the circulatory functions more than the respiratory functions. So house works are not considered as hard work and not sufficient to reduce body weight in overweight women. Also house works can be tolerated and there is no need to restrict activity to guard against respiratory distress