Trends in Body Fat, Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness Among Male and Female College Students
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. MicroFit testing
2.3. Body composition
2.4. Blood pressure and resting heart rate
2.5. Muscle strength
2.6. Flexibility
2.7. VO2max—the maximum uptake of oxygen during a graded exercise
2.8. Statistical analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Demographics
Males | Females | |
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BMI: body mass index; BP: blood pressure; SD: standard deviation. | ||
Gender (%, n) | 44.5 (2273) | 55.4 (2828) |
Age (years; mean ± SD) | 21.5 ± 4.6 | 21.9 ± 5.8 |
% Body Fat (mean ± SD) | 11.6 ± 6.5 | 22.4 ± 6.7 |
Bicep Strength (kg; mean ± SD) | 41.7 ± 12.0 | 23.8 ± 7.4 |
Flexibility (cm; mean ± SD) | 37.8 ± 12.1 | 43.1 ± 11.6 |
Systolic BP (mmHg; mean ± SD) | 129.4 ± 15.3 | 118.4 ± 14.1 |
Diastolic BP (mmHg; mean ± SD) | 76.7 ± 10.2 | 73.5 ± 9.4 |
Resting Heart Rate (bpm; mean ± SD) | 73.1 ± 13.5 | 78.7 ± 12.9 |
VO2max (mL/kg/min; mean ± SD) | 38.7 ± 11.0 | 34.2 ± 10.2 |
Height (cm; mean ± SD) | 175.0 ± 7.5 | 162.2 ± 7.0 |
Weight (kg; mean ± SD) | 77.1 ± 15.8 | 65.6 ± 16.0 |
BMI (kg/m2; mean ± SD) | 24.1 ± 4.5 | 24.0 ± 5.3 |
3.2. Trends in fitness levels
3.3. Trends in BMI
3.4. Trends in % body fat
3.5. Fitness categories
3.6. Limitations
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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Pribis, P.; Burtnack, C.A.; McKenzie, S.O.; Thayer, J. Trends in Body Fat, Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness Among Male and Female College Students. Nutrients 2010, 2, 1075-1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2101075
Pribis P, Burtnack CA, McKenzie SO, Thayer J. Trends in Body Fat, Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness Among Male and Female College Students. Nutrients. 2010; 2(10):1075-1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2101075
Chicago/Turabian StylePribis, Peter, Carol A. Burtnack, Sonya O. McKenzie, and Jerome Thayer. 2010. "Trends in Body Fat, Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness Among Male and Female College Students" Nutrients 2, no. 10: 1075-1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2101075
APA StylePribis, P., Burtnack, C. A., McKenzie, S. O., & Thayer, J. (2010). Trends in Body Fat, Body Mass Index and Physical Fitness Among Male and Female College Students. Nutrients, 2(10), 1075-1085. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu2101075