Trajectories of Body Height, Body Weight, BMI, and Nutrition Status from 1979 to 1987

A Measurement-Based Analysis of 8740 Montenegrin Male Adolescents from the Municipality of Berane

Bibliographic Data

ID15466633
AuthorsDuško Bjelica (0000-0001-5272-528X, University of Montenegro), Jovan Gardasevic (0000-0002-0654-9112, University of Montenegro), Zoran Milošević (0009-0008-1604-7379, University of Novi Sad), Predrag Bozic (0000-0001-7175-8255, Sportska Akademija Beograd), Bojan Masanovic (0000-0002-4939-4982, University of Montenegro, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume18
Issue10
Pages5490-5490
Publication date2021-05-20
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18105490
PMID34065525
OpenAlexW3164848366
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

This study aimed to consolidate the body height, body weight, BMI, and nutrition status data of the overall young male population from the Municipality of Berane in order to assess the trajectories of those variables from 1979 to 1987. The sample of respondents included 8740 adolescents who were divided into nine groups according to their age. The sample of variables included body height, body weight, body mass index, and nutrition status, which were presented based on a long-established BMI categorization (underweight, normal weight, pre-obese, and obese). The descriptive statistics are expressed as the mean and standard deviation for each variable; the analysis of nutrition status was calculated based on BMI, while LSD post hoc testing with ANOVA was employed to investigate differences between the means. The results indicate that a secular trend is visible regarding body height and body weight, while no trend is visible for the BMI and nutrition status. This study's contribution is that it provides insight into more recently published data for the studied period and in this municipality, which can significantly aid in following the secular trend throughout Montenegro

Anthropometry · Body mass index · Body weight · Descriptive statistics · Environmental health · Obesity · Overweight · Population · Secular variation · Statistics · Underweight · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Human Health and Disease · Mathematics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Endocrinology

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