Review the body composition indices in the officials and experts of the cycling federation and boards

Body composition is one of the factors of health related physical fitness, which plays an important role in managing daily activities of life. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the body composition indices in the officials and experts of the cycling federation and boards.

In this study, 384 officials and experts of the cycling federation and boards and club managers of national and provincial leagues in different categories and levels were selected as a statistical sample, and then weight, body mass index (BMI) and waist to Hip ratio (WHR) was measured. Oneway analysis of variance along with Tukey's post- hoc tests were used for statistical analyze of findings (P≤0.05).

The number of people with BMI in the overweight range was significantly higher than the number of people in the normal and obesity range (P≤0.05), and also the number of people with abdominal obesity WHR was higher than people with normal WHR (P≤0.05).

It seems that the officials and experts of the cycling federation and boards do not have favorable body composition.