The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of body weight on fitness tests among the personnel of the Croatian navy. Forty two naval personnel (age 27 +/- 4.1 years; body mass 86.2 +/- 4.9 kg; height 184.6 +/- 7.4 cm; body fat percentage 17.3 +/- 5.2) participated in this study. In order to evaluate the fitness of the naval servicemen, we applied a testing procedure that included mea...

BACKGROUND Several studies have demonstrated that body habitus is associated with survival (life expectancy) time. We sought to determine if survival differed between elite athletes with a range of body types. We hypothesized that the survival would differ between athlete types and that ectomorph athletes would have longer survival than heavier athletes. METHODS For each Olympics between 1928...

CHILD BEHAVIOR. By Frances L. Ilg and Louise Bates Ames. New York, Harper and Brothers, 1955. xi, 364 pp. $3.95. This book, in the words of Dr. Arnold Gesell who wrote the foreword, "incorporates and adapts" material from the syndicated newspaper column which has been written by the authors since 1951. Its apparent intent is to provide for parents a helpful guide to child rearing by dealing mor...

abstract the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between some anthropometric parameters and physiological tests (physical fitness) in amateur soccer players. the present study was descriptive-comparative carried out as a field study. the statistical population consisted of male adolescent soccer players (9-13 years old) who volunteered to participate in leisure time programs o...