Comparison of the increase in body size between 1899 and 1970 in a specially selected group with that in the general population

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8314941
AutoresRobert M Malina (0000-0002-9402-0648, The University of Texas at Austin, autor correspondente)
Ano1972
Volume37
Fascículo1
Páginas135-141
Data de publicação1972-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330370118
PMID5039733
OpenAlexW2036747441
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas9

Height and weight data for varsity football players from 1899 to 1970 were analyzed for evidence of a secular trend in such a specialized sample. Recent football teams ('61–'70) are, on the average, 2.6 inches (6.6 cm) taller and 35.3 pounds (16.05 kg) heavier than the teams at the turn of the century (1899–1910). The estimated trend over the 70 year span was 0.37 inches (0.94 cm) per decade for stature and 5.04 pounds (2.29 kg) per decade for weight. Unfortunately, it is not possible to partition these trends and obtain separate estimates for the “secular” effects and for those effects that might be attributed to “recruiting practices.” The observed trend for stature in football players corresponds with the upper limit of the estimated range for adult secular trend data for stature from Western European countries, and is greater than that reported for American young adult males both in college and in the general population

Body weight · Football · Geography · Population · Secular variation · Sociology · Demography · Medicine · Sports Analytics and Performance