Secular trends in body height, body weight, BMI and fat percentage in Polish university students in a period of 50 years.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of the study was to determine changes in the magnitude and direction of secular trends in body height, body weight, body mass index (BMI) and fat percentage in university students from a university of technology and a university of physical education in a period of 50 years.

Methods

The data were derived from the examinations of male students from the Warsaw University of Technology, conducted four times, in 1959, 1971, 1994, 2011, and male students from the Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, who were examined in 1963, 1972, 1996, and 2012. Body height, body weight and thickness of 2 skinfolds (triceps skinfold and abdomen skinfold) were measured. Body mass index (BMI) and fat percentage (FAT%) were also calculated.

Results

SUBMITTER: Kalka E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6675091 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature