Analysis of knowledge and attitude towards healthy eating and physical activity between rural and urban school boys

The purpose of the study was to compare knowledge and attitude towards healthy eating and physical activity between urban and rural school boys. To facilitate the study each hundred rural and urban school boys were selected randomly from Chennai and Kanchipuram district. Their age was between 14 and 18 years. Knowledge and attitude towards healthy eating and physical activity was measured through standardized questionnaire. This questionnaire was developed by Roberts K., National Obesity Observatory, (2010). Randomized research design was used for this study, as the subjects were selected randomly from independent groups urban and rural school boys. The collected data were subjected to descriptive statistics and independent “t” test to find out any differences between the groups in the dependent variables selected. The result of the study should signification deference between rural and urban school boys in knowledge and attitude towards healthy eating and physical activity.