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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2025

Sex disparities in body composition trends among elementary school students based on grade.

Stefan Đorđević, Bojan Jorgić, Saša Milenković, Miljan Hadžović, Mima Stanković, Stănescu Rareș Cristian, Coja Daniel Mădălin, Ștefănescu Cătălin Aurelian, Ilie Onu, Daniel-Andrei Iordan

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Stefan Đorđević *Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
Bojan JorgićFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
Saša MilenkovićFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
Miljan HadžovićFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
Mima StankovićFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
Stănescu Rareș CristianFaculty of Physical Education and Sport, National University of Physical Education and Sport, Bucharest, Romania.
Coja Daniel MădălinResearch Centre for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galati, Galati, Romania.
Ștefănescu Cătălin Aurelian *Research Centre for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galati, Galati, Romania.
Ilie OnuResearch Centre for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galati, Galati, Romania.
Daniel-Andrei IordanResearch Centre for Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galati, Galati, Romania.

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Introduction: Modern lifestyle changes have contributed to developments and advances in almost all spheres of a child's life. However, negative consequences such as hypokinesia and obesity are also present. This study aimed to examine the differences in body composition parameters between boys and girls in higher elementary school grades. The sample consisted of 484 school-aged boys and girls from grades V to VIII in Knjaževac. The municipality of Knjaževac represents a group of municipalities with up to 30,000 inhabitants, a municipality of that size based on the number of inhabitants is 49.6% of the total number of municipalities in the Republic of Serbia. Methods: An anthropometer (SECA model 284; SECA, Hamburg, Germany) and a body composition analyzer (InBody 770, InBody Co, Seoul, Korea) were used to collect the measured parameters. Results: Using ANOVA, with the addition of post hoc analysis, a statistically significant trend was determined across all analyzed body composition parameters, namely, skeletal muscle mass (SMM), body fat mass, lean body mass (LBM), and relative lean body mass (RLBM) ( Discussion: Sex-related differences in muscle mass and body mass were clearly observed. In the male subjects, there was a significant increase in relative muscle mass, while in the female subjects, there was a statistically significant increase in body fat percentage. These findings highlight the necessity of taking sex differences into account when monitoring and analyzing body composition parameters in children.

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