Rate of obesity, body height, body weight and cardiorespiratory performance of 10-12 years old obese school-boys : Hungarian-Egyptian-Syrian descriptive comparative study

الملخص EN

The aim was to explore and compare the obesity rate, body weight, body height and running performance among 10-12 years old obese boys' in three countries, Egypt, Hungary and Syria.

Sample consisted of 418 obese, 10-12 years old.

Body fat content was estimated according to Parizkova's suggestion.

The cardiorespiratory performance was represented by 1200 m.

Hungarians were significantly taller in 10- and 11 years old boys.

The cardiorespiratory performance showed progressive improvement with age, but Hungarian's performance was significantly better.