Body height and weight in adult population in Srem, Banat and Bačka (Vojvodina)

Tatjana, Pavlica, Verica, Božić-Krstić, Rada, Rakić

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Srbije

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1820-7936

https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%266083&page=0&so...

2008-2021/11/01/12:58:04

The anthropological study of body height, weight and BMI in 919 adult males and 870 females was conducted in rural regions of Vojvodina Province, located in the north of the Republic of Serbia. All three regions of Vojvodina were included: Bačka in the northwest, Banat in the east and Srem in the southwest. The average age of male and female subjects was 37.54± 10.26 and 37.89± 10.28, respectively. All the subjects were of Serbian nationality with ancestors born in Vojvodina. The findings of this study suggest small differences in body constitution in adult population of Serbian nationality throughout Vojvodina. The highest body height and weight exist among the population of Bačka but these are lower in Srem. The average BMI does not differ significantly. BMI categorization indicated that the greatest number of males was overweight with the exception of Banat where there is a higher percentage of males with normal weight (41.34%). The higher percentage of obesity exist in Srem (23.34%) and is somewhat lower in Banat and Bačka (about 19.7%). The majority of females have normal weight in all 3 regions. There is a lower percentage of obese females in Srem (13.38%) but a higher percentage in Banat (16.32%) and Bačka (18.8%). .