Fatness Level in Physically Active and Inactive Female Students at Wrocław University of the Third Age
Journal Title: Antropomotoryka. Journal of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences - Year 2007, Vol 17, Issue 37
Abstract
The objective of the study was to present selected parameters of body composition at Wrocław University of the Third Age. 150 women have been examined. Based on interviews, they were divided into two groups, of higher (114 women) and lower (36 women) levels of physical activity. The women were assigned to particular groups on the basis of frequency and length of weekly physical exercise. Body height and mass as well as waist and hip size were measured with the use of standard methods for anthropometrical measurements. The measurements were used to calculate the Body Mass Indicator (BMI) and the Waist-Hip Ratio (W/H-R). Parameters of body components were determined with the use of the apparatus FUTREX 5000. All the calculations on the obtained data were made by means of the software package STATISTICA.Upon further analysis it was concluded that the examined women are marked by similar basic somatic measurements: body mass and height. The BMI and W/H-R of the Third Age University students were also very similar. However, women with higher level of physical activity had more favourable parameters of lean body mass and content of fatty tissue, both in percentages and in the absolute value, as well as water content in the body.
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Zofia Ignasiak, Grażyna Dąbrowska, Grzegorz Żurek
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