The Impact of Basic Police Training and Scale Diet on Body Composition and Aerobic Performance of Nepal Police Officers Trainees

  • Bibek Rajbhandari Department of Emergency Medicine and General Practice, Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Suman Pant Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Bikram Adhikari Department of Community Programs, Dhulikhel Hospital Kathmandu University Hospital, Dhulikhel, Nepal
  • Minani Gurung Department of Research and Development, One Health Research and Training Center, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Lisasha Poudel Department of Community Programs, Dhulikhel Hospital Kathmandu University Hospital, Dhulikhel, Nepal
  • Olita Shilpakar Department of Emergency Medicine,Prehospital Care and EMS, Grande International Hospital,Dhapasi NAMS, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Sukadev Karki Nepal Youth Fitness & Calisthenics, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Motilal Yonzon Tamang Nepal Police Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Purushottam Khadka Nepal Police Tactical Training College, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Bikash Shrestha Department of Physiotherapy, Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Bhupal Baniya Diet Department, Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Bikal Shrestha Department of Community Medicine, Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Bishal Jung Thakuri Department of Surgery, Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Ashmita Maharajan Department of Public Health, Nepal Institute of Development Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Ela Singh Innovative Foundation for Health and Research (IFHR), Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Babita Gajmer Department of Medicine, Hepatology, Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Sumi Singh Department of Emergency Medicine and General Practice, Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Amuda Regmi Department of Surgery, Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Prabina Maskey Department of Surgery, Nepal Police Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Bhuwaneshwor Tiwari Department of Public Health, Nepal Institute of Development Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Anish Mali Innovative Foundation for Health and Research (IFHR), Kathmandu, Nepal

Abstract

Introduction: Executing their daily duties, police officers are expected to perform complex, physically demanding activities, often at maximal levels of exertion. Given these criteria, training must be rigorous enough to ensure that when trainees graduate, they are competent in their response to crisis and flexible enough to sustain this for the span of their career. The present study aimed to determine the impact of scale diet and physical training (SDPT) on body composition and aerobic performance among Nepal police officer trainees.

Method: We conducted a cross-sectional analytic study among 570 Nepal Police recruits from Nepal Police Academy of Butwal and Kathmandu. Null hypothesis was created followed by an alternative hypothesis. Alpha (1 - ?) for the above-mentioned study design were set. Parametric statistical analysis was done with criteria set for acceptance or rejection of the null hypothesis. We collected the data from the field as per Nepal police basic exercise and diet  protocol to determine the effect of physical training and scale diet on body composition and aerobic performance. We enrolled all the recruits  from March to May, 2019 who met the eligibility criteria in the study. We used Microsoft Excel 2013 for data entry and R program (version: 4.0.3) for statistical analysis.

 Results:There was a significant rise in aerobic performance (4.51 ± 3.39 ml/kg/min) and remarkable reduction in body fat (-4.49 ± 2.33 %) and Body Mass Index (-0.433 ± 1.00 kg/m2) after SDPT among participants with normal BMI at the time of recruitment. Body fat was significantly reduced (-4.36 ± 2.3%) and aerobic performance was significantly increased (6.93±4.70 ml/kg/min) among overweight participants at the time of recruitment.

Conclusions: The methodology adopted in the physical training of Nepal Police was effective in reducing body mass index and fat, improving the physical capacity.

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Key words: Scale Diet; Physical Training, Body Fat; Aerobic Performance; VO2max, Body Mass Index

Published
2022-03-13
How to Cite
Rajbhandari, B., Pant, S., Adhikari, B., Gurung, M., Poudel, L., Shilpakar, O., Karki, S., Yonzon Tamang, M., Khadka, P., Shrestha, B., Baniya, B., Shrestha, B., Thakuri, B. J., Maharajan, A., Singh, E., Gajmer, B., Singh, S., Regmi, A., Maskey, P., Tiwari, B., & Mali, A. (2022). The Impact of Basic Police Training and Scale Diet on Body Composition and Aerobic Performance of Nepal Police Officers Trainees. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 19(04), 830-837. https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v19i04.3990