Somatotyping analysis of han children and adolescent in inner mongolia

Somatotype of Han urban and rural students aged 7 to 18 was analysed in a group of 3088 individuals (1489 boys and 1599 girls) in Inner Mongolia with the Heath-Carer anthropometric me- thod. The results showed that major somatotype of urban and rural boys was mesomorphic ectomorphy,then were mesomorph-ectomorph and ectomorphic mesomorphy.In urban and rural girls,major somatotype was mesonorphic endomorphy,then were central and endomorphic ectomorphy.In the period from age 8 to 13,the somatotype of boys or girls has a significant difference between urban and rural students in a same age and same sex group.After 13 year,the somatotype between them is similar.There was a significant difference in somatotype between males and females of urban and rural students.