Open AccessPhysical Activity as a Chance for Roma Children Living in Unfavorable Conditions // Fizička aktivnost kao šansa za romsku decu u nepovoljnim životnim uslovima
Author(s) -
Sabolč Halaši,
Josip Lepeš,
Ana Jovičić Vuković,
Nevenka Zrnzević
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sportske nauke i zdravlje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2232-822X
pISSN - 2232-8211
DOI - 10.7251/ssh1802150h
Subject(s) - ethnic group , anthropometry , demography , psychology , developmental psychology , gerontology , medicine , sociology , anthropology
Until now no larger child sample of exclusively Roma ethnicity has been investigated concerning their basic somatic and motor performance attributes. The aim of the present comparison of Roma and non-Roma prepubertal and pubertal boys was to analyse if there were differences in some anthropometric measures and running performance to see if Roma children fall behind their non-Roma peers in growth and development, and if so, to what extent. Kinanthropometric data collection was carried out in 184 volunteer Roma boys aged 6.51 and 14.50 years. For a control group, exactly the same number of non-Roma subjects was selected randomly from each age group of the same region - Kanjiza and Novi Knezevac.