摘要：The research followed the idea of observing and assessing the level of physical and functional development of children from the primary school level. The experiment sample was formed from 46 students from 2nd and 3rd grade from Gymnasium School “Unirea” from Târgu Mureş,with aged between 8.00 ± 0.3086,22 males and 24 females. The study used mostly experimental methods of investigation,such as measuring the weight and height,calculating body mass index and statistical and mathematical methods for interpretation like descriptive statistics elements (frequency,mean,median,standard deviation) and analyzed with specific statistical test (the D’Agostino & Pearson test,t-Student test,Mann-Whitney test,the Chi-square test) all measured with the GraphPad Prism program. The results showed that we identified two children in 2nd grade (18.18%) who are overweight and three children in 3rd grade (27%) who fall into the overweight and obese category. The conclusions of the study indicate that prevention measures for overweight/obese children should begin in early childhood,before the age of 5–7 years. However,since increased BMI in childhood is only a moderate predictor of overweight or obesity later in life,general prevention efforts targeting all children are the most important.The anthropometric examination regarding the harmonious growth and development of young schoolchildren is a fundamental action because by this we can analyze whether the studied subject falls within the normal limits,exceeds or is below the level of development specific to gender and age.
关键词：anthropometric measurements;body mass index;obesity;health through sports
