On the Possibilities of Using the Body Mass Index Index to Reveal Trends in Changing the Health Status of Student Youth

Autor: Yu.V. Shvechikhina, K.S. Ishchenko, L.M. Kavelenova
Rok vydání: 2021
Zdroj: Materialy VIII Vserossijskoj konferencii s mezhdunarodnym uchastiem «Mediko-fiziologicheskie problemy jekologii cheloveka».
DOI: 10.34014/mpphe.2021-234-236
Popis: The article is devoted to the study of body mass index (BMI) indicators of biology students at Samara University in 20008-2020. For girls, against the background of fluctuations over the years, from 2015-2016 to 2020. there is a consistent decrease in the proportion of people with underweight, an increase in the proportion of people with normal weight. For young men, changes in the BMI structure are of a more pronounced oscillatory character. The negative features of the 2019 and 2020 contingent are the emergence of overweight and obese people. Key words: students, physical health, body weight, Samara region, body mass index.
Databáze: OpenAIRE