Somatic and functional status of boys from various social and environmental categories

• Authors: Jarosław Domaradzki , Zofia Ignasiak , Teresa Sławińska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Study aim: To assess the somatic and fitness status of adolescent boys from polluted industrial areas.Material and methods: A group of 313 boys aged 11 - 15 years from 5 villages located in the copper mine area in South-Western Poland were classified by the degree of lead and cadmium pollution (high - very high) and by parents' education (primary - secondary or higher). Somatic (body height and mass, BMI, body fat content) and functional (handgrip strength, standing broad jump, sit-and-reach, plate tapping, 1-kg medicinal ball throw, reaction time) were recorded. The data were standardised against age-specific means and standard deviations and subjected to two-way ANOVA.Results: Boys from more polluted area had significantly (p<0.01) higher BMI than those from the less polluted one but only when their parents had primary education. Explosive strength was significantly higher in the less polluted area (p<0.05) and when parents had higher than primary education (p<0.01). In case of reaction speed only the degree of environmental pollution had significant effect (p<0.05), no significant effects being noted for other variablesConclusions: The results pointed to the importance of parents' education in shaping health-directed behaviours, which may compensate for the negative impact of a degraded environment.

Keywords

EN

Somatic development; Functional development; Pollution; Auxology

• Publisher: Versita
• Journal: Biomedical Human Kinetics
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 56-59

Dates

published

1 - 1 - 2009

online

8 - 9 - 2009

Contributors

author

Jarosław Domaradzki

• University of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland

author

Zofia Ignasiak

• University of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland

author

Teresa Sławińska

• University of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10101-009-0015-9