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Jurak,Gregor; Milanovic,Ivana; Radisavljevic Janic,Snezana; Soric,Maroje; Kovac,Marjeta. |
The purpose of this study was to identify sex and age specific differences in fatness and motor fitness levels of children in two western Balkan countries in south-eastern Europe: Slovenia and Serbia. The sample consisted of 1,659 subjects of both sexes, aged from 9 to 15 years. Body height, body mass, triceps skinfold thickness, bent arm hang and standing long jump were used in the analysis. Ordinal regression was used to test differences in body mass index (BMI) categories among the countries. MANOVA was used to test the differences in motor fitness level. There were statistically significant (p<0.001) differences between the countries for the entire set of tested variables. Boys and girls from both countries had similar body height, body mass and... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Obesity; Overweight; Body mass index; Physical fitness; Skinfold thickness. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022015000200002 |
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