Public Health and Management Descriptive Study of Anthropometrical Indicators for a 942 Lot of Persons from Rural and Urban Environment in Bacau County

Children

The aim of this study was to determine urban–rural and regional differences in anthropometric characteristics among adolescents aged 12–14, as well as to present the prevalence of weight status. A total of 534 adolescents aged 12–14 from primary schools across Montenegro participated in this cross-sectional study (283 boys, aged 13.52 ± 0.42, body height 169.43 ± 8.89, body weight 60.54 ± 13.47; 251 girls, aged 13.51 ± 0.40, body height 165.54 ± 6.67, body weight 55.28 ± 9.27). The sample was divided by geographic region in Montenegro into northern, central, and coastal regions, and according to settlement type into urban and rural inhabitants. Anthropometric characteristics were assessed using a battery of seven variables: arm span (AS); body height (BH); body weight (BW); waist circumference (WC); hip circumference (HC); body mass index (BMI); and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). BMI was categorized based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) cut-offs. The results indicate that girls ...

2016

This paper aims to identify the anthropometric characteristics of students from rural areas in two counties of Moldavia, 0-200m altitude floor. The study was conducted on a sample of 329 children in the 5 th grade, from counties near Iasi (175 students) and Vrancea (154 students). The measurements included height and weight assessment and comparison of the values obtained with the national reference standards for a certain age, gender and family of origin (rural). Values are presented by comparing the two counties studied. Statistical processing of the results is performed using Pearson's test. Results show that the dominant values of height are average (48.02%), the differences being statistically insignificant calculated by counties (p> 0.05, Gl = 3, χ² = 0.851). It draws attention the 2.12% young people with pathological values for height (above the average +3 sigma). Body weight has average values in 56.83% of the cases presented for both counties, and the calculated differences are statistically insignificant (p> 0.05, Gl = 3, χ² = 5.757). The incidence of pathological situations reaches 8.2%, which is a problem. Diagnosis of physical development allows emphasizing only 59.57% children with harmonious development, which is very little. The differences between the two counties are statistically insignificant (p> 0.05, Gl = 3, χ² = 2.957). In conclusion, results are similar for the two counties, so it is necessary to use other selection criterion for young people, which will be prepared for different sports. The criterion of geographical conditions offers few advantages in terms of anthropological indicators.

PRILOZI, 2015

The aim of this research is to present body mass index (BMI) data in children 3-5 years of age from Skopje and provide the information on the prevalence of different categories of nutritional status during the early childhood.Material and methods: The study included 420 preschool children (210 boys and 210 girls). Stature and body weight were measured, and the BMI value was calculated. Twelve anthropometric parameters were measured using standard equipment and measurement technique according to the International Biological Programme.Results: The majority of anthropometrical parameters have shown significant age and sex specific differences in favor of male subjects. Values at the 50th percentile in our male subjects aged 3, 4 and 5 years for the weight-for-age index were 19 kg, 19.1 and 21 kg, respectively whereas in the female subjects the corresponding values were 16.8 kg, 20 kg and 21 kg. The height-for-age index values corresponding to the 50th percentile showed slightly higher ...

Pediatric endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism, 2012

Beside the positive tendencies in somatic development seen in the population of children and adolescents in Poland (e.g. the trend of increasing body height that has continued over many years), certain unfavorable phenomena are also observed. In recent decades, disorders connected with a deficiency or excess of body mass - excessive adiposity in particular - have become important health and social problems. This poses a considerable threat for being overweight, for obesity, and for other diseases of civilization. The research targeted the evaluation of selected anthropometric parameters: height-weight indices, circumferences, and skinfold thicknesses in the population of 6-year-old children in Warsaw in comparison with their peer population in 1996-1999, as well as estimation of the frequency of abnormal percentile values of the aforementioned anthropometric parameters: values below the 10th percentile and above the 90th percentile. The research included a sample of 160 randomly cho...

Vibroengineering Procedia

The present article aims to examine the age-related changes in the basic characteristics important for biomechanics (body height and body weight) of Bulgarian men. We do this after dividing the measured individuals into two age groups: I) 18-25 years and II) 30-40 years. The data used in the investigation were collected by performing our own anthropometric measurements. In group I) we measured 41 men and in group II) – 44 men. We present the mean values, standard deviations, and minimal and maximal values of the height, weight, and body mass index of each of the groups, as well as the corresponding probability distributions of these characteristics. The obtained results can be used when there is a need for such anthropometric and mass parameters, e.g., in problems related to the biomechanics of human movements, ergonomics, rehabilitation, orthopaedics and traumatology, sports, forensic studies, etc.

Papers on Anthropology, 2013

People's lifespan is increasing. Therefore, it is necessary to keep the high quality of life. Healthy lifestyle is related to healthy food and must include some physical activities. The aim of the study was to analyse how students' (aged 13-16 years) eating habits and physical activity are related to the height-weight classes. They were administered a questionnaire that asked for information about the frequency of eating different food groups. Based on the 5 SD height-weight classification devised by the Centre for Physical Anthropology at the University of Tartu, the subjects were divided into five classes. Boys were more often overweight than girls. Most of the normal-weight boys and girls in the present study ate breakfast and had a school lunch. Their diet was sufficiently healthy, but included too many sweets and beverages with sugar. According to the heightweight classification, the group of leptomorphs was the largest-27.8% of girls and 29.6% of boys. Pycnomorphs and large respondents did not like to eat in the morning but ate extra food at school. Although pycnomorphs were heavy, they were physically more active than others.

2017

Öz: Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacını 4-13 yaş aralığındaki spor yapan çocukların bazı antropometrik ve fiziksel parametrelerinin yaş ve cinsiyete göre incelenmesi oluşturmaktadır. Yöntem: Araştırma grubunu Ankara ilinde ilköğretim okullarına ve özel spor merkezlerine devam eden 4-13 yaş aralığında, 200 kız ve 429 erkek olmak üzere, toplam 629 spor yapan çocuktan oluşmaktadır. Araştırma grubuna sırasıyla, bazı antropometrik ölçümler ve kavrama kuvveti, esneklik, dikey sıçrama, durarak uzun atlama, durarak sağlık topu atışı,10m-20m. sürat koşusu ve çabukluk testleri uygulanmıştır. Antropometrik ve Fiziksel parametrelere ait verilerin ortalama ve standart sapma değerleri bulunmuştur. Bulgular: Araştırma grubuna uygulanan durarak uzun atlama, el pençe, dikey sıçrama ve sağlık topu atma kuvvet testlerinde bazı yaş grupları dışında erkeklerin kızlardan daha yüksek değerlere sahip olduğu görülmektedir. Esneklik değerlerine göre 6 yaşına kadar yakın değerler gözlenirken, bu yaştan itibaren kız ç...

Journal of Morphological Sciences, 2021

The aim of the study was the detection of sex-specific differences of anthropometric parameters and indexes that were used as indicators of growth and nutritional status in the 9-year-oldchildren from R.North Macedonia. The study included 280 healthy children aged 9 (140 boys, 140 girls) from R.North Macedonia. Fourteen anthropometric parameters were measured which define longitudinal, circular and transversal measures of skeleton using standard equipment and measurement technique. The following indicators were calculated: weight-forage (BW), height-forage (BH), BMI, mid-upper circumferencefor-age (MUAC) and skinfolds thickness (scapula SFSc and triceps SFTr)-forage. The results have shown significant sex-specific differences in favour of boys for the height, four transversal and three circular parameters, with exception of mid-upper-arm circumference and skinfolds that were apparently higer in girls. Values of the 50 th percentile in boys were as follows: 33 kg for BW, 136 cm for BH and 17.65 kg/m 2 for BMI, 19.8 cm for MUAC and for skinfolds: SFSc 8 mm and 12 mm for SFTr.The values of these parameters in girls were: 32 kg for BW, 135cm for BH and 17.47 kg/m 2 for BMI. 20.8 cm for MUAC and for SFSc 9.8 mm and 12.8 mm for SFTr. These results can be used as criteria for the assessment of the morphological characteristics and detection of deviations in the growth and nutritional status in children aged 9.

2012

Results from representative anthropological investigations of the human body can be accepted and used like normative basis in the clinical medical practice for individual or group assessment of the health status. They can be also used for creating of anthropometric standards about ergonomic design, etc. In addition, the investigation of mass parameters is necessary for movement analysis, static postures and many biomechanical activities. In any given population these characteristics are dependent on the gender, race, age, body type, and even on sport and occupation of the group of subjects under study. In this respect, and also on its own right, it is interesting have a comparative knowledge about how the specificity of the anthropometric characterization concerning the Bulgarian population looks like against the one of other nationalities. In this study we present such a comparative analysis of two of the very basic characteristics (stature and weight) of the human body for the average Bulgarian males and females versus the corresponding data for people from Czech Republic,

2014

The aim of this paper is to initial description of the body composition of the group of 16 boys and 15 girls aged from 8 to 20 years. They live in the children house close to Wrocław, region Lower Silesia. The youngest boy is 8, the oldest 20, the youngest girl is 8, the oldest 19 years old. The members of the controlled group live in the children house from three months to 15 years. The weight of the body and the circumferences of the thoracic cage were collected. The scores were counted according Łutowinowa, Utkina and Cztiecowa. The highest weight in male was 176,3 cm, the lowest 123,8 cm (mean weight 155,65 cm), in females the highest weight was 168,3 cm, the lowest 114,1 cm (mean weight 151,21). The thoracic cage circumferences were as follow: in boys from 102,1 cm to 53,1 cm (mean 77,85 cm), Sławomir Woźniak, Zygmunt Domagała, Mirosław Trzaska, Dariusz Kałka, Wiesław Kurlej, Katarzyna Staszak, Maciej Oziembłowski, Bożena Kurc-Darak, Krystian Porwolik, Paweł Dąbrowski, Aleksand...

Papers on anthropology, 2020

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate changes in main anthropometric parameters such as height, body mass, and body circumferences (chest, upper arm) in different age groups from childhood to adulthood in healthy females in Latvia and to determine the active growing age periods and the impact of tobacco use on anthropometric parameters. We provided a health well-being questionnaire concerning lifestyle and tobacco use. In the present study, we assessed the body mass index (BMI) values to identify body mass index-defined overweight and obesity. The levels of the body mass index exceeded the standard data only in a small number of the examined persons. Body composition data and the body mass index are used as an index of obesity as a standard practice by many clinicians according the recommendations of health authorities as a basis for health behaviour and physical activities to preserve physical and mental health. A significant correlation has been previously reported between anthropometric characteristics, physical activity and health capacity. The study data were collected with the participants' informed consent. Statistical analysis was performed using a statistics program. The body mass index is the respondents' major characteristic which describes the physical condition and nutrition level in any age group. Tobacco use by the mother during the pregnancy period has an influence on the child's body mass and body mass index values that were fixed for girls in the 1st and 2nd

2018

The aim of this study was to evaluate sex-specific differences of anthropometric varibales that were used as indicators of nutritional status in Macedonian children aged 5. The study included 226 (113 boys and 113 girls) Macedonian children aged 5. We selected 5 anthropometrical parameters to measure (body weight, height, mid upper arm circumferences-MUAC, skinfolds thickness triceps–SFTr and subscapular-SFSc) and in addition according to the standard formulas we calculated: weight-for-age (BW), height-for-age (BH), body mass index-for-age (BMI) midupper-arm circumference-for-age (MUAC) and skifolds thikness (SFTr-for-age, SFSc-for-age). In general results have shown sex-specific differences in the examined parameters (BH, BW, BMI) in favour of the boys, with exception of skin-folds thickness that were higher in girls. Values of the 50th percentile in boys were as follows: 21 kg for BW, 115cm for BH, 15.48 kg/m2 for BMI, 15.5 cm for MUAC, 7mm for SFTr and 4.1mm for SFSc. The values ...

2020

This study aimed to consolidate body height, body weight, and body mass index data of the entire young male population from the Municipality of Cetinje in order to estimate trends from 1979 to 1987. The sample of respondents includes 2119 young males divided into nine groups: 183 respondents born in 1961, 361 respondents born in 1962, 300 respondents born in 1963, 162 respondents born in 1964, 155 respondents born in 1965, 258 respondents born in 1966, 218 respondents born in 1967, 234 respondents born in 1968, and 248 respondents born in 1969. The measurement sample includes body height, body weight, and body mass index calculated based on two previous measures. The descriptive statistics were expressed as a mean and standard deviation for each variable, while the analysis of nutrition status was done based on body mass index (underweight, normal weight, pre-obese, obese). The results showed that a secular trend in the observed study period is not visible regarding body height and ...

Advances in Medical Sciences, 2009

Purpose: Evaluation of age-and sex-specific differences of anthropometric parameters that were used as indicators of growth and nutritional status in children aged 6 and 7 years in R. Macedonia and their comparison with the WHO and NCHS reference values. Material and Methods: The study included 580 children aged 6 to 7 years from different regions of R. Macedonia. Eighteen anthropometric parameters were measured using standard equipment and measurement technique according to the International Biological Programme. The following nutritional indicators were calculated: BMI, weight-for-height, weight-forage and height-forage. Results: The majority of anthropometric parameters have shown significant age-and sex-specific differences in favour of male subjects, with exception of skin-folds that were apparently higher in female subjects. Values at the 50 th percentile in our male subjects for the index weight-forage were 23 kg and 26.95 kg, respectively, whereas in the female subjects they were 22 kg and 25 kg, respectively. The index height-forage corresponding to the 50 th percentile showed higher values in our male subjects (119.5 cm and 125.55 cm) than in our female subjects (118 cm and 124.5 cm, respectively). 50 th percentile in our male subjects for BMI was 16.48 kg/m 2 and 16.75 kg/m 2 , whereas in our female subjects it was 15.98 kg/m2 and 16.25 kg/m 2 , respectively. Conclusions: The found values are recommended to be applied for evaluation of deviations in the growth and nutritional status in children aged 6 and 7 years from Macedonian nationality.

Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Agriculture, 1970

The anthropometric measurements allow establishing the condition of growth and development of the organism. 180 subjects have been studied, aged between 13 – 14, grouped in three batches, two living in town and one in the countryside. The results lead to the following conclusions: all indicators studied increased in the age span 13 – 14; the somatic development was influenced by the subjects’ age, gender and domicile. The total water and the muscle mass vary strongly connected with the height and weight growth. These indexes increase during puberty. The total water varies strictly connected with the muscle mass, and it depends on age, genre, physical activity and life environment.