Body composition of children at age of 7 to 15 years in region of Olomouc.

height, weight, body composition, lean body mass, fat, physical activity, healthy life style

To judge body composition by Matiegka`s metode of children in age category 7-15 years and compare that data to the merits obtained during the anthropological research undertaken in the course of the CSS in 1985.

This work is intented to specify the diferencies in the basic somatic parametrs ( height and weight ) in the particular somatic factions of the current children at the age of 7 to 15 years in the relation to the group of children the same age category measured during the CSS in 1985. This comparison has appeared as the average merit of height and weight have increased since 1985. You can also see the changes in the particular somatic factions of the current children. Most of the merits are in the range of the overage dispersion +/- 75. The establishment of the body composition is very important within the framework of primary and secundary disease prevention. This is because somatic structure is one of the most reliable indicators of the potentional risks of the civilisation diseases.