The Penza young men body types characteristic

An important health factor is physical development, monitoring of changes in which in adolescence leads to early detection and prevention of diseases that cause unfavorable changes in the gene pool of populations of individual regions and the country as a whole. The objective of this study is to identify regional features of anthropometric indicators characterizing body types of young men aged 17-21 years, permanently residing in the Penza City and in the Penza Region. The object of the study was a random sample of 97 young men aged 17-21 years, born in 1999-2004 and permanently residing in the Penza City and populated areas of the Penza Region of Russia. The conditions for inclusion in the study were place of birth, permanent place of residence, age 17-21 years, consent to participate in the study. To obtain the results, anthropometry and body typing were performed using the method of Viktor Bunak with subsequent calculation of statistical indicators. To assess the level of physical development, the method of body mass index and Rohrer, Erisman, Pigneur, Tanner indexes was used. To identify regional features of anthropometric indices of body types of Penza young men, a comparative analysis of the obtained results was made with data on the population of Russian young men of the Republic of Mordovia of Russia. When assessing Penza young men by body mass index, it was revealed that the majority of them had normal body weight (67%), excess body weight was noted in 17,5% of cases, underweight and obesity were determined much less often - in 8,3% and 7,2% of cases, respectively. According to the results of determining the Tanner index, it was established that andromorphy was found among Penza young men 1,5 times less often than among Russian young men of the Republic of Mordovia, and gynecomorphy 1,7 times more often, which indirectly indicates probable signs of gracialization. In general, it has been established that modern young Penza residents are characterized by a predominantly normal body type, a narrow chest, a high degree of physical development, andromorphic, and age-appropriate body weight.