Somatotype
Somatotypes of adolescent Pnar girls of Jaintia Hills districts of Meghalaya
By: J.W. DKHAR – Adolescence is the time when human biology is changing rapidly, so the changes in physique during this phase are quite obvious. The present study was conducted among 289 Pnar girls aged 10-18 years living in Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya to assess the variation in somatotypes among Pnar girls during adolescence.…
Anthropometric Somatotype among the Adolescent Boys of a Tribal Population in India
By: NUTSOLU LOHE, THEJAZHANO NAGI, NGARANMI MAREI, VIVOTO TSUKRU – This study aimed to determine the somatotype and BMI, as well as investigate the somatotype variations in relation with age and BMI among the adolescent boys of Mising tribe. A cross-sectional sample of 278 adolescent boys was collected from five villages of Dhemaji district of…