I.

INTRODUCTION

The prevalence of obesity has increased dramatically both in developing and

developed countries over the last several decades. In the research of obesity
much attention has focused on decreasing food intake and increasing physical
exercise, but these efforts are very often only short-term effective. And so,
there is necessary to identify other new approaches that might also affect the
development of; and could be used in prevention of obesity.
A growing body of epidemiological evidence suggests an association between
short sleep duration and obesity. Recently, potential hormonal links have been
observed that may account for the relationship. For human adults 7-8 hours
per night have been recommended as the optimal duration of sleep (Chaput et
al. 2009, Xiang et al. 2009).
The possible connection between sleep duration and body mass index (BMI)
has not been totally explored. We conducted this study to determine whether
short sleep duration is related to BMI and obesity
II.

DATA

Body Mass Index and the Number of Sleep among Young Adults Ages 19 -30
Nam
e

weight

heig
ht

BMI

51

105.82
lbs
149.69
lbs
196.21
lbs
123.46
lbs
128.44
lbs
94.80 lbs

G
H

B
C
D
E

Nam
e

weight

height

BMI

20.0

Time
of
sleep
12

411

23.6

411

56

30.2

116.85
lbs
97 lbs

Time
of
sleep
4

53

17.2

31.7

58

22.8

54

21.2

57

29.3

60

17.4

411

20.9

51

17.9

52

21.0

10

143.3 lbs

52

26.2

59

30.5

160.94
lbs

52

29.4

149.91
lbs
187. 39
lbs
103.62
lbs
114.64
lbs
206.85
lbs
154.32
lbs

51

29.2

187.39
lbs

60

25.4

141.1
lbs

52

25.8

(Weight is a little sensitive topic for some thats why we decided to put the
names in anonymously with the use of letter for confidentialitys sake)
LEGEND:

BMI
Underweight
Normal
Overweight
Obese

<18.5
18.524.9
2529.9
BMI of 30 or
greater

III.

METHOD

A. Problem:
Is there a significant relationship between the number of sleep and
body-mass index among Young Adults Ages 19 -30?

B. Hypothesis:
Ho

= There is no significant relationship between the number of

sleep and body-mass index among Young Adults Ages 19 -30

H1

= There is a significant relationship between the number of

sleep and body-mass index among Young Adults Ages 19 -30

C. Level of Significance:
= 0.05
df = (c-1) (r-1)
= (4-1) (4-1)
= 3 (3)

=9
x 205

= 16.919

D. Statistics
THE CHI-SQUARE TEST OF INDEPENDENCE
(ONE SAMPLE, TWO CRITERION VARIABLES)

underweight
O
10 12
7-9
4-6
1-3
total

Underweight

Normal
O

3x8
=1.33
18

obese
O

total
E

0.33

0.67

0.67

0.33

0
2
1
3

0.83
1.33
0.33

1
2
1
6

1.67
2.67
0.67

2
4
0
6

1.67
2.67
0.67

2
1
0
3

0.83
1.33
0.33

5
8
2
18

3x2
=0.33
18

3x2
=0.33
18
3x5
=0.83
18

overweight

6x8
=2.67
18

6x5
=1.67
18

6x2
=0.67
18

6x8
=2.67
18
6x2
=0.67
18

Normal
6x2
=0.67
18
6x5
=1.67
18

Overweight
6x2
=0.67
18

Obese

3x2
=0.33
18

3x5
=0.83
18

3x8
=1.33
18

3x2
=0.33
18

( OE )2
x=
E
2

( 00.33 )2 ( 00.83 )2 ( 21.33 )2 ( 10.33 )2

+
+
+
+
0.33
0.83
1.33
0.33
( 20. 67 )2 ( 11.67 )2 ( 21.67 )2 ( 10.67 )2
+
+
+
+
0.67
1.67
1.67
0. 67
( 00. 67 )2 ( 21.67 )2 ( 41.67 )2 ( 00. 67 )2
+
+
+
+
0. 67
1.67
1.67
0. 67
( 00.33 )2 ( 20.83 )2 ( 11.33 )2 ( 00.33 )2
+
+
+
0.33
0.83
1.33
0.33
= 0.330 + 0.830 + 0.338 + 1.3660 +
2.640 + 0.269 + 0.168 + 0.163 +
0.67 + 0.065 + 0.663 + 0.670 +
0.33 + 1.649 + 0.082 + 0.33
x 2=10.556

E. Decision Rule
If the
reject

x2

computed value is greater than

x2

tabular value,

Ho

F. Conclusion:
The x computed value of 10.556 is lesser than the x tabular value
of 16.919 at 0.05 level of significance with 9 degrees of freedom in which
h is accepted. This leads to the confirmation of the research hypothesis
which means there is no significant relationship that exist between the

number of sleep and body-mass index among young adults ages 19 -30.
It implies that short sleep duration is not associated with obesity and it
is necessary to identify other new approaches that might also affect the
development of; and could be used in prevention of obesity.