(College of Physical Education,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510631,China) Abstract: By testing 400 male and 400 female high school freshmen at the ages of 15-16, the author investigated the characteristics of the serum lipid of male and female high school freshman cryptomorphic obesity sufferers, and revealed the following findings: 1) there are 33 male (8.3%) and 41 female (10.3%) cryptomorphic obesity sufferers (standard:17≤BMI<23.60 and BF≥25% for males, 17≤BMI<24.17 and BF≥30% for females); 2) there are 303 male and 305 female non cryptomorphic obesity sufferers (standard:17≤BMI≤23.60 and BF<25% for males, 17≤BMI<24.17 and BF<30%); 3) such indexes of cryptomorphic obesity sufferers as total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC), triglyceride (TG) and arteriosclerosis (AI) are significantly higher than those of non cryptomorphic obesity sufferers (P<0.05~0.01). The research findings reveal that there are a certain number of cryptomorphic obesity sufferers among high school freshmen, who are related to high concentration of serum lipid, which is a dangerous factor of the occurrence of arteriosclerosis. Key words: cryptomorphic obesity;serum lipid;hyperlipemia;high school freshmen;standard body mass |