Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to investigate the weight control and skinfold fat of the overweight students who participate in the aerobic dance program. The subjects were 20 girls and 10 boys who were randomly divided into groups of the diet and non-diet groups. The weight, height and abdomen arm and suprailiac skin fold fat were measured and recorded before and after joining the aerobic dance. All subjects were assigned to do the aerobic dance for 1 hour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for eight weeks. The data were analiyzed by means of means, standard deviation and 3- way ANOVA. The findings were as follows 1. Weight: there was an interaction between sex and diet. For the diet group the weight of girls was more than boys and for the non-diet group the boys were heavier than girls. 2. Abdomen skinfold fat: there was a significant differences between the pre and the post test of all overweight girl and boy groups. The abdominal skin fold fat increased 3 mm. and boys had 7.1 mm. more fat than girls. 3. Underarm skin fold fat: there was a significant different between girls and boys. The average skin fold fat of boys was 3 mm. more than girls. 4. Suprailiac skin fold fat: there was a significant different between girls and boys. The average skin fold fat of boys was 6 mm. more than gilrs. 5. Height: there was a significant different between girls and boys. The average height of girls was 5 cm. more than boys.