TY  - JOUR
A1  - Scheffler, Christiane
T1  - The change of skeletal robustness of 6-12 years old children in Brandenburg (Germany) - Comparison of body composition 1999-2009
JF  - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger ; Mitteilungsorgan der Gesellschaft für Anthropologie
N2  - Overweight as a global problem is a challenge to the health systems today and in the future. Detailed information about the development of body composition in children can help to design preventive measures to stop this trend. In the present study 1397 German children aged 6-12 complete years were investigated with anthropometric methods (i.e. height, weight, BMI, skeleton robustness, and percentage of body fat) in 2008/09. The results were compared with a 10 years old identical study. Today, the investigated children are a little bit smaller and the range of BMI and percentage of body fat is increasing. The large decrease of the skeletal robustness especially in the 10(th) and 3(rd) percentile is important. Decrease of physical activity as the most important reason for shrinking skeletal robustness is discussed.
KW  - school children
KW  - body composition
KW  - skeletal robustness
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1127/0003-5548/2011/0095
SN  - 0003-5548
VL  - 68
IS  - 2
SP  - 153
EP  - 165
PB  - Schweizerbart
CY  - Stuttgart
ER  -