Body composition and physical fitness in Colombian high school students from Ibagué
Introduction: Body composition and other components of physical fitness have proved to be important markers of health condition. Objective: To analyze body composition and physical fitness in Colombian students from public high schools of Ibagué, as well as to study differences between sexes and age...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:eda1b7016268497ba36387c4d05c8d1c 2023-05-15T15:12:40+02:00 Body composition and physical fitness in Colombian high school students from Ibagué Constanza Palomino-Devia José Antonio González-Jurado Carlos Alberto Ramos-Parraci 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3455 https://doaj.org/article/eda1b7016268497ba36387c4d05c8d1c EN ES eng spa Instituto Nacional de Salud https://www.revistabiomedica.org/index.php/biomedica/article/view/3455 https://doaj.org/toc/0120-4157 0120-4157 doi:10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3455 https://doaj.org/article/eda1b7016268497ba36387c4d05c8d1c Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, Vol 37, Iss 3, Pp 408-415 (2017) Body mass index adiposity age and sex distribution exercise test physical fitness body composition Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v37i3.3455 2022-12-31T02:08:28Z Introduction: Body composition and other components of physical fitness have proved to be important markers of health condition. Objective: To analyze body composition and physical fitness in Colombian students from public high schools of Ibagué, as well as to study differences between sexes and age groups, and establish correlations between some of the variables. Materials and methods: The sample consisted of 1,253 students (601 males; 652 females), with an age range of 10-20 years. The ALPHA-Fitness test (extended version) was applied. Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference and fat percentage were assessed. Results: Differences between sexes were found in the variables studied, with greater BMI and fat percentage among females (20.6 kg/m2 vs. 19.4 kg/m2 and 26.1% vs. 16.8%, respectively); however, waist circumference was greater in males (69.6 cm vs. 67.9 cm), who also showed better fitness in the rest of the physical tests (p<0.05). In both sexes, age was associated to increases in BMI (p<0.05), and among females to fat percentage as well (p<0.05); among males it was the opposite, as in them, age was inversely associated to fat percentage (p<0.05). For the rest of the physical tests, age was positively associated to fitness both in men and women, except for maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max). Correlations were found between some of the variables studied. Conclusions: Adiposity was significantly greater in females than in males (p<0.05). Males showed better levels of aerobic, musculoskeletal and motor capacities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Biomédica 37 3 408 |
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Introduction: Body composition and other components of physical fitness have proved to be important markers of health condition. Objective: To analyze body composition and physical fitness in Colombian students from public high schools of Ibagué, as well as to study differences between sexes and age groups, and establish correlations between some of the variables. Materials and methods: The sample consisted of 1,253 students (601 males; 652 females), with an age range of 10-20 years. The ALPHA-Fitness test (extended version) was applied. Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference and fat percentage were assessed. Results: Differences between sexes were found in the variables studied, with greater BMI and fat percentage among females (20.6 kg/m2 vs. 19.4 kg/m2 and 26.1% vs. 16.8%, respectively); however, waist circumference was greater in males (69.6 cm vs. 67.9 cm), who also showed better fitness in the rest of the physical tests (p<0.05). In both sexes, age was associated to increases in BMI (p<0.05), and among females to fat percentage as well (p<0.05); among males it was the opposite, as in them, age was inversely associated to fat percentage (p<0.05). For the rest of the physical tests, age was positively associated to fitness both in men and women, except for maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max). Correlations were found between some of the variables studied. Conclusions: Adiposity was significantly greater in females than in males (p<0.05). Males showed better levels of aerobic, musculoskeletal and motor capacities. |
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Body composition and physical fitness in Colombian high school students from Ibagué |
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