The purpose of this study was to compare the physical fitness between schoolboys of city and township in Taoyuan area. In this study, the Taoyuan city was supposed to be urban, and the Shinwu township, Dayuan township, Guanyin township were supposed to be rural. From above-mentioned areas, 9639 schoolboys of fourth, fifth, sixth grade of elementary school were recruited to be subjects of this study. The tests of physical fitness included items such as height, weight, trunk muscle flexibility, stand long jump test, sit-up, and 800meters running. All data were analyzed with T-test by SPSS 11.0 software. The results indicated the height (t=5.23, p<.05), weight (t=5.43, p<.05), and body mass index (t=4.30, p<.05) in city schoolboys were significantly higher than in township schoolboys. However, fitness items such as the trunk muscle flexibility (t=-2.98, p<.05), stand long jump (t=-5.71, p<.05), sit-up (t=-5.32, p<.05), 800 meters running (t=6.37, p<.05) in city schoolboys were significantly lower than in township schoolboys. In conclusion, these results indicate that the obesity was higher and the physical fitness was poor in city schoolboys from fourth to sixth grade of elementary schools than in township schoolboys.
The purpose of this study was to compare the physical fitness between schoolboys of city and township in Taoyuan area. In this study, the Taoyuan city was supposed to be urban, and the Shinwu township, Dayuan township, Guanyin township were supposed to be rural. From above-mentioned areas, 9639 schoolboys of fourth, fifth, sixth grade of elementary school were recruited to be subjects of this study. The tests of physical fitness included items such as height, weight, trunk muscle flexibility, stand long jump test, sit-up, and 800meters running. All data were analyzed with T-test by SPSS 11.0 software. The results indicated the height (t=5.23, p<.05), weight (t=5.43, p<.05), and body mass index (t=4.30, p<.05) in city schoolboys were significantly higher than in township schoolboys. However, fitness items such as the trunk muscle flexibility (t=-2.98, p<.05), stand long jump (t=-5.71, p<.05), sit-up (t=-5.32, p<.05), 800 meters running (t=6.37, p<.05) in city schoolboys were significantly lower than in township schoolboys. In conclusion, these results indicate that the obesity was higher and the physical fitness was poor in city schoolboys from fourth to sixth grade of elementary schools than in township schoolboys.