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[Somatotypological characteristics of the development of fat component in students]
Abstract:
Individual typological characteristics were studied in first- and fourth-year female students. It was shown that the dominant somatotype was micromesomatic in the first-year students and macrosomal in the senior students. Body component composition was studied in the examinees. No significant average group differences were found in the absolute and relative body fat content in the students. The somatotype distribution using the weight-height ratio indicated significant differences in fat components in the female representatives of different types of constitution.
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