Anthropometric analysis of elementary school pupils in rural areas

Zoran, Vasić, Stojko, Vidović, Dušan, Suščević, Željko, Karan, Mirjana, Lončar, Ilija, Ramić, Saša, Dragić

Glasnik Antropološkog društva Srbije

46

95

102

1820-7936

https://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%269345&page=0&so...

2011-2021/11/01/13:25:55

Rural areas are not often wrote about, and pupils from rural areas are almost never the subject of any scientific work. The spot of our research is the elementary school 'Sveti Sava', in the village of Kakmuž beneath the mountain Ozren, in the heart of Republic of Srpska. This place was selected intentionally, for its special historic, geographic, demographic and social characteristics. The research included pupils from first to ninth grade that were born during the period 1994-2002. The sample comprizes 301 pupils, 156 boys and 145 girls. The following parameters were measured: body mass and height, chest circumference (CC), waist circumference (WC), hips circumference (HC), and from those parameters the following was calculated: body mass index (BMI), waist to stature ratio (WSR), waist to hip ratio (WHR). The data were classified in nine groups according to school grades. The aim of this research was to confirm or reject the presence of linear associated (mathematical function) with certain anthropometric parameters in relation to age and sex of pupils. The detailed statistical analysis was performed for each group, and for the total sample. All results were represented numerically and graphically. Analysis of the results according to age and sex of pupils we obtained data indicating that it is a healthy population of the rural, school children. .