| （1.School of Physical Education，Fujian Normal University，Fuzhou 350007，China；2.Department of Physical Education，Guangzhou Sport University，Guangzhou 510500，China；3.Guangdong Academy of Education，Guangzhou 510500，China) Abstract: The authors did a comparative study on physical health conditions of people of the ‘90s and ‘80s in Guangdong province, and drew the following conclusions: comparing teenagers of the ‘90s with teenagers of the ‘80s, the height, weight, Weierweike index and BMI increased significantly in terms of generation, the chest cir-cumference index of the boys increased slightly in terms of generation, while the chest circumference index of the girls decreased; comparing teenagers of the ‘90s with teenagers of the ‘80s, the lung capacity showed a trend of “decreasing for the younger but increasing for the older” in terms of generation; comparing teenagers of the ‘90s with teenagers of the ‘80s, in general the speed and explosive power decreased significantly in terms of generation, but from the perspective of gender and age distribution, the development was unbalanced in terms of generation, some groups of people showed a trend of growing in terms of generation; comparing teenagers of the ‘90s with teenagers of the ‘80s, the strength and stamina decreased significantly generally in terms of generation, and there was a trend of “age growing but performance declining” in terms of generation. The authors pointed out that teen-ager physical health development should be valued and ensured, started with policy assurance.
Key words: physical health；intergenerational group；urban teenagers；the ‘80s；the ‘90s；Guangdong province |
