Anna Radochońska
Lidia Perenc
Transformation tendency in body adiposity in children and youth from Rzeszów
Anna Radochońska
Lidia Perenc
Faculty of Education, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
Institute of Health Sciences, Medical College of Rzeszow University, Rzeszow, Poland
Abstract
The aim of the paper was to analyze the changes occurring in thickness of skin-folds and global adiposity in children and youths from Rzeszów city. The study enrolled children and youth aged 3–18 years examined subsequently in periods: 1978/79 (2332 cases), 1993/94 (2586 cases) and 2003/04 (2560 cases). Totally we examined 7478 subjects. The results of the study show that in 25-year-period an increase of skin-fold thickness and average level of global adiposity has occurred. The range of changes was higher in period of 1993/94-2003/04 than in 1978/79-1993/94.
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