An Investigation On Adult Physique Feature And Present Situation Of Populace Sports In Southern Area Of Jiangsu Province

Object: To investigate the characteristic of adult physique condition and the present situation of populace sports in southern area of Jiangsu province, propose the current existence question as well as the solution, provide the reference for the government decision-making. Method: 7543 ordinary adult people from 20 to 59 years old in the southern area of Jiangsu province (3803 males, 3,740 females) were carried on the measurement of the height, the body weight, the vital capacity, the strength of grasping, vertical jumped, the push-up, the sit-ups, the body bent, response, stair index, and so on. We investigated the present situation of populace sports by using the questionnaire. Result: (1) The height gradually reduced along with the age increased, while the body weight presented the change tendency that first increased and fall later. (2) Male, female vital capacity gradually dropped along with the age increased, and has a fast drop age section; The male and female (age 20-39) stair index change tendency for increased along with the age rise, and had not seen the obvious difference between the men and women. (3) The physical quality indexes as the strength of grasping, the body bent, vertical jumped, the push-up (male), the sit-ups (female), response time and so on, target, had the change tendency that dropped along with the age increased, moreover partial indexes among the farmer, the physical worker and the non- physical worker in city crowd had a certain difference. (4) The proportion of adult society sports population is 21.15%. In age structure, the proportion of 20～24 years old is 29.14%, In occupational structure, the proportion of administrative personnel is 22.34%, In degree structure, the proportion of the university (contains technical college) is 40.47%. (5) The factor of positive expenditure to promote the inhabitants in southern area of Jiangsu province paid for sport is 42.3%, but lack of the sport place and the leisure time are two biggest unfavorable factor which restricted the inhabitant populace sports expenditure separately to account for 46.3% and 44.1%; the proportion of the sport place that inhabitant participated in the populace sports is in turn the park 19.59%, square 8.45%, the street evades 7.43%. Conclusions: The physique condition of ordinary adult people from 20 to 59 years old in the southern area of Jiangsu province conforms to adult common body characteristic change rule in our country, and that among the farmer, physical worker and non- physical worker in the city has the certain difference. Southern area of Jiangsu province should strengthen to the unification management on national physique data, enlarge to propaganda dynamics for nationwide fitness programs, lay emphasis on the significance of health in science, enhance sport population proportion in the southern area of Jiangsu province.