%0 Journal Article %A Joe Walsh and Mike Climstein and Ian Timothy Heazlewood and Stephen Burke and Jyrki Kettunen and Kent Adams and Mark DeBeliso %D 2011 %J International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 56, 2011 %T Improved Body Mass Index Classification for Football Code Masters Athletes, A Comparison to the Australian National Population %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/15985 %V 56 %X 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 %P 358 - 361