The purpose of this study was to construct norms of Body Mass Index
(BMI), Fat Percent (% Fat), Lean Body Weight (LBW), Body Surface Area
(BSA) and Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) of female physical education
majors at An-Najah National University. Furthermore, determine the
correlation coefficient among (BMI, % Fat, LBW, BSA and weight (WT) with
RMR. The sample consisted of all female physical education majors’ (62)
students, Tanita TBF-410 Bioelectrical impedance analyzer (BIA) was
used to determine variables. The results revealed that the means of BMI,
% Fat, LBW, BSA (WT) and RMR were respectively: (22.46 kg/m2, 24.15%,
44.19 kg, 1.6211 m2, 58.97 kg, and 1427.95 kcal/day), and the best
percentile ranks are respectively: (19.30kg/m2, 17%, 47.21 kg, 1.76m2,
1560 kcal/day). In addition, the results revealed a significant positive
correlation between BMI, LBW, BSA (WT) and RMR, and negative
correlation between % fat and age with RMR. Also, the results of
Regression (R2) contribute in developing three equations for the
prediction of RMR, using WT, BSA, and LBW as predictors, the best
predictor was WT where (R2) was (0.971), the equations were as follow
RMR kcal/day=834,824 + WT * 10,58
RMR kcal/day=266,487 + BSA + 716,466
RMR kcal/day=146,294 + LBW * 29,001
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