@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/15985, title = {Improved Body Mass Index Classification for Football Code Masters Athletes, A Comparison to the Australian National Population}, author = {Joe Walsh and Mike Climstein and Ian Timothy Heazlewood and Stephen Burke and Jyrki Kettunen and Kent Adams and Mark DeBeliso}, country = {}, institution = {}, abstract = {Thousands of masters athletes participate quadrennially in the World Masters Games (WMG), yet this cohort of athletes remains proportionately under-investigated. Due to a growing global obesity pandemic in context of benefits of physical activity across the lifespan, the prevalence of obesity in this unique population was of particular interest. Data gathered on a sub-sample of 535 football code athletes, aged 31-72 yrs ( =47.4, s =±7.1), competing at the Sydney World Masters Games (2009) demonstrated a significantly (p}, journal = {International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences}, volume = {5}, number = {8}, year = {2011}, pages = {358 - 361}, ee = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/15985}, url = {https://publications.waset.org/vol/56}, bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/}, issn = {eISSN: 1307-6892}, publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology}, index = {Open Science Index 56, 2011}, }