Please provide THREE ways why this is considered a cross sec

Please provide THREE ways why this is considered a cross sectional study

- Effect of intensity of physical activity on body fatness and fat distribution

Solution

A cross sectional study is an observational study that analyses data collected from a population or a representative subset for a specific period of time. The data is called as cross sectional data.

The three ways which considers effect of intensity of physical activity on body fatness and fat distribution are as follows:

1. Cross sectional studies mrake comparisons at single point of time.

2. In this study two different variables are compared like body fatness and fat distribution at the same time which is a feature of cross sectional study.

3. It is a observational study which records information about the subjects without manipulating the study environment which is a feature of cross sectional study.