Abstract
Anthropometric somatotype of non-athlete rural tribal school boys (aged 8+ to 16+ years) from west Tripura district of Tripura has been studied following the Heath-Carter’s anthropometric somatotype method. Each individual was somatotyped using a set of ten anthropometric measurements. The calculated somatotypes are plotted on somatochart triangle to determine their physique. All the three ratings changes with age, but no regular trend has been seen and no distinctive change corresponding to adolescent growth spurt has also been observed. During these nine years there was an overall increase of 0.35 units in endomorphy, 0.81 units in ectomorphy, and 0.36 units in mesomorphy. Ectomorphy shows an increasing trend, while in case of endomorphy and mesomorphy no regular trend was observed. The somatoplot of mean somatotypes fell in the mesomorph-ectomorph sectors of the somatochart with a rating of 1.78-4.22-3.78. The somatotype categories ectomorphic mesomorph and mesomorph-ectomorph included the greatest proportion of these tribal boys. Thus the non-athlete tribal school boys of West Tripura district were predominantly mesomorphic.
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