Anthropometry, somatotypes and cardiorespiratory fitness of brazilian military
International Journal of Development Research
Anthropometry, somatotypes and cardiorespiratory fitness of brazilian military
Received 24th November, 2017; Received in revised form 10th December, 2017; Accepted 17th January, 2018; Published online 28th February, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Pablo Teixeira Salomão et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the anthropometric, somatotypes and cardio respiratory fitness characteristics of Brazilian military. One hundred and ten healthy male soldiers of the Brazilian army, aged between 18 and 26 (mean 19) years took part in the research. They belonged to a Combat Engineering Battalion located in Midwest region, Brazil. It was shown that there was a noticeable presence of obese individuals in the group, seemingly leading to the impairment of their cardio respiratory fitness. Thus a rigorous body weight control is strongly recommended.
