War in Ukraine – Changing the Polish paediatric population as a consequence of forced migration (a preliminary study)

Łukasz Kryst, Magdalena Żegleń and Paulina Artymiak

Economics & Human Biology, 2023, vol. 50, issue C

Abstract: The study aimed to briefly analyse the basic anthropometric characteristics of Ukrainian adolescents against their Polish counterparts. The study was school-based, carried out April–June 2022 and followed a cross-sectional model. It included 642 children from Poland and Ukraine (aged 10–15) who attended ten randomly selected primary schools in Kraków (Poland). Noticeable differences between Polish and Ukrainian adolescents were observed. As the analysed characteristics included features such as the amount and distribution of body fat, they can be crucial in the indirect assessment of health status, particularly the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. This in turn, can help to properly accommodate the changing needs of the population.

Keywords: Migration; Anthropometry; Body composition; Adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101258

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