SOMATOTYPE OF DAUR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT STUDIED WITH THE HEATH CARTER ANTHROPOMETRIC METHOD

A total of 1759 Daur students (872 boys and 887 girls) aged from 6 to 19 were somatotyped by the Heath Carter anthropometric method. The results showed: (1) Among boys, the mean somatotypes in age groups 6—8 are balanced mesomorph, 9—12 are central,and change to meso ectomorph in age 13—17; in girls, the mean somatotypes in age 7—12 are central,13—14 are balanced endomorph, and change to meso endomorph in age 15—19. (2) The category of somatotype is different in various age and sex groups. Mesomorphy forms the maximum proportion among boy and girl students at the age of 6—9,ectomorphy in males aged 10—12 and 13—15,mesomorphy in males 16—19, endomorphy in females aged 13—15 and aged 16—19. There is similarity in somatotype between Daur and Mongol boy and girl students.