CORRELATION BETWEEN VARIABLES WITHIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: COMPARATION OF CONDUCTED RESERCH AND SECONDARY ANALYSIS

Milazim Kamberi, Shpresa Memishi, Adriatik Kamberi

Abstract

Anthropometry is the general tool for defining overweight and obesity with body mass index (BMI) as the most common variable. Although BMI is widely used to identify overweight, the accuracy of BMI in predicting overweight and obesity varies with the degree of obesity, i.e., high accuracy in obese children and less for weak children. According to the above, it is concluded that the annual increases in BMI during childhood are attributed to the increase in lean mass more than to the increase in fat mass, but they vary depending on gender and age. Hence, changes in the percentage of BMI do not necessarily reflect changes in adipose tissue in children over time, especially not in children with lower BMI values. This paper aims to show the correlation of body mass index (BMI) with anthropometric variables associated with being overweight at different ages in childhood, especially during adolescence. Within the paper, a research framework of secondary data is presented that refers to a group of children up to 16 years of age, i.e., the impact and relationship of anthropometric variables, according to age. To prove the research question, it is needed to refer to the body mass index (BMI) which correlates with a few anthropometric variables related to overweight during different ages of childhood, which contribute the most to variations in the BMI in body mass index during childhood. This paper aims to point out the strong correlations between BMI and standardized anthropometric variables. The conclusion is that this correlation is the weakest for the youngest age group and the highest between 7 and 12 years, and at the same time in both genders. The main arguments will be used for further recommendations for the target group of adolescents within Macedonian society.

Pages: 36 - 41