University of Belgrade – Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation Publishing Center of the Faculty
Abstract
The study is based on the body mass index of students between the ages of 10 and 14. The body mass index of5043 students was tested in order to bring out the fact that the degree of obesity is not as high as health representatives claim. By means of this research we found that a percentage of 49% of the tested children were normal weight and only 2.31% were obese. The causes of obesity in these subjects may be metabolic disorders. The existence of obesity cannot be attributed only to eating habits, lack of physical activity or a sedentary lifestyle
