Body Posture of Girls Aged 7-15 in Relation to Their Body Mass Index
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2015Author
Łubkowska, Wioletta
Szark-Eckardt, Mirosława
Żukowska, Hanna
Bendíková, Elena
Pavlović, Ratko
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Despite significant theoretical resources related
to bad posture in children and adolescents, the
problem of abnormal spinal curvature needs to be supplemented,
which is caused by a changing lifestyle.
One can observe an increasing number of overweight/
obese children and this weight problem may result in
a greater incidence of bad posture. This paper aims
to determine the incidence of good and bad posture
in girls in relation to their body weight, as well as to
reveal whether excess weight/obesity predispose them
to bad posture. The research involved 500 girls aged
7-15, living in Szczecin, Poland. In the assessment of
body posture, Iwanowski’s spherosomatometric method
was employed. Girls with correct body weight constituted
77.7% of the subjects. In 6.7% cases, an insuffi
cient body weight was identifi ed. 11.3% suffered
from excess weight while 4.3% of girls were obese
– which totals 15.6% of the subjects. Incorrect body
posture was identifi ed in 32.4% of the subjects. The
highest proportion of girls with bad posture was found
among 9-year-olds (38.6%), 13-year-olds (35.2%),
and 15-year-olds (35.1%). Overweight and obesity
did predispose the subjects to bad posture: abnormal
spine curvature was found in 30.8% of overweight/
obese girls.
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