For reasons that effect to anthropometry index of students, except for the influences of genetic, endocrine and race. Environmental factors such as nutrition, psychological influences, physical activitity and economic and natural conditions are important factors which have an effect on the health, morphology and physical status of students. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE OF HNUE Chemical and Biological Sci. 2012 Vol. 57 No. 8 pp. 98-103 This paper is available online at http THE INFLUENCE OF SOME ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE BASIC ANTHROPOMETRIC INDEXES OF STUDENTS IN HANOI SECONDARY SCHOOLS Mai Van Hung1 and Pham Thi Kim Dung2 1 Center for Anthropology and Intellectual Development University of Education Vietnam National University Hanoi 2 Hanoi University of Education No. 2 Abstract. Study was carried out involving 1200 students 600 male and 600 female aged 12 to 15. They were enrolled in 3 suburban Hanoi schools and 3 urban Hanoi schools. The results show that in general the basic anthropometric indexes of suburban Hanoi students are not higher than those of urban Hanoi students. For reasons that effect to anthropometry index of students except for the influences of genetic endocrine and race. Environmental factors such as nutrition psychological influences physical activitity and economic and natural conditions are important factors which have an effect on the health morphology and physical status of students. Keywords Anthropometric index student influence nutrition physical activity suburban urban. 1. Introduction Annie C. Wetter and Christina D. Economos study on the skeletal status of young adults does not well account for moderate as opposed to vigorous physical activity 1 . Roderic Floud John Komlos Richard Steckel and Kenneth Sokoloff have looked at human stature in relation to the economic welfare index by human stature and they have seen that height at maturity is a reliable proxy indicator of health and nutritive conditions and that socioeconomic factors as well as hereditary and environmental factors affect growth in terms of height. The study of DS Lauderdale and PJ Rathouz on the effects Received September 27 2012. Accepted October 19 2012. Contact Mai Van Hung e-mail address Hungmv@ 98 The influence of some environmental factors on the basic anthropometric indexes of
