ANALYSIS OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND BODY COMPOSITION OF ADOLESCENTS IN THE LARGEST MUNICIPALITY IN THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Abstract

Dear Editor-in-Chief, Obesity is characterized as one of the leading health problems facing modern society, and scientific technological advancements has led to constant progression in body mass of many of young people (Thun, Apicella, & Henley, 2000;Bukara - Radujkovic, & Zdravkovic, 2009). First sub-sample of the examinees consisted of 63 boys, while the second sub-sample consisted of 69 girls. According to research so far, the normal value of V.F.A. for ages 10 to 15 is set at 68.57 cm2 for both genders (Lee, Park, & Yum, 2012), and the normal level range is set from 1 to 9.