Effect Of The Body Mass Index To Body Fat

• Main Authors: Asep Prabowo, Achmad Sofyan Hanif, James tangkudung
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: UNIB Press 2020-09-01
• Series: Kinestetik
• Subjects: bmi; body fat
• Online Access: https://ejournal.unib.ac.id/index.php/kinestetik/article/view/11710

Many sports nutritionist noted that the loss of weight, or more accurately, to lose body fat, is the main reason athletes asking for nutritional counseling. This study aims to determine the effect of BMI on body fat. The place of research was conducted at the martial arts athlete of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI), Karawang Regency. This research method uses causal studies and path analysis testing. This study uses 14 respondents as research samples drawn based on purposive sampling with the criteria of athletes who are actively training for more than 2 years and have excess weight. The research instrument used to collect BMI data with tanita and microtoise scales to measure BMI and BIA to determine body fat. The findings of this study are the coefficient value of the BMI pathway to body fat of -0.368 with a value of -4.127. Therefore the value of -test is smaller than the value of the table at dk = 9 for ? = 0.05 of -2.26 and the probability value of Sig. (0.003) <significant level (0.05), then H0 is rejected and H1 is accepted, which means there is a significant negative direct effect of BMI on body fat. In conclusion, there is a direct negative and significant effect of BMI on body fat, meaning that the better the BMI, the athlete does not guarantee good body fat.