Zongo Paul, Frayon Stephane, Antoine-Jonville Sophie, Wattelez Guillaume, Le Roux Pierre-Yves, Hue Olivier, Galy Olivier
1 Université des Antilles, Pointe à Pitre Cedex, France.
2 School of Teacher Education, University of New Caledonia, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
Asia Pac J Public Health. 2017 Oct;29(7):589-598. doi: 10.1177/1010539517735414.
We evaluated anthropometric characteristics and physical fitness in 556 Melanesian adolescents from rural and urban New Caledonia to build health education programs focused on physical activity. In 2013, body weight, height, skinfold thickness, lean body mass (LBM), percentage fat body mass (%FBM), physical fitness (power, agility, speed, maximal aerobic speed [MAS], estimated VO), and self-reported physical activity were assessed. Rural adolescents were significantly shorter and faster, had lower weight, %FBM, LBM, and power output and similar MAS and VO, and were more active than urban adolescents. Rural girls were significantly shorter, had higher MAS and VO, and were faster and significantly more active than urban girls while similar %BFM was observed in both groups of girls. Rural boys showed significantly lower height, weight, %FBM, and power and were significantly faster and more active than urban boys. In conclusion, rural Melanesian adolescents are more active, with good physical fitness (especially boys), although high %FBM was noted (especially in girls).
我们评估了来自新喀里多尼亚农村和城市的556名美拉尼西亚青少年的人体测量特征和身体素质，以制定侧重于体育活动的健康教育计划。2013年，对体重、身高、皮褶厚度、瘦体重（LBM）、体脂百分比（%FBM）、身体素质（力量、敏捷性、速度、最大有氧速度[MAS]、估计的VO）以及自我报告的体育活动进行了评估。农村青少年明显更矮、更快，体重、%FBM、LBM和功率输出更低，MAS和VO相似，且比城市青少年更活跃。农村女孩明显更矮，MAS和VO更高，比城市女孩更快且明显更活跃，而两组女孩的%BFM相似。农村男孩的身高、体重、%FBM和力量明显更低，比城市男孩明显更快且更活跃。总之，农村美拉尼西亚青少年更活跃，身体素质良好（尤其是男孩），尽管注意到%FBM较高（尤其是女孩）。
