The adipose tissue of the human body begins to develop during
prenatal development and changes throughout life, more in
individual periods, less in others. The aim of this work was to
compare and statistically test the values of individual
measuremens of the human body in children measured in 2020 with
three studies from previous years. Another goal was to compare
whether there are any differences between the sexes of 3,00 –
5,99 year old children and to describe the changes that were
observable in the individual measured dimensions and indices. A
total of 58 children, 29 girls and 29 boys were measured, each
with height, weight, waist circumference and hip circumference,
and two indices, WHtR and WHR index, were calculated.
Statistically significant differences were observed most often
between our data and data from Petra Radvanská's research. When
comparing the values of the dimensions between the sexes, no
statistically significant difference was found from our
research. Based on measurements over a year and a half, the
individual curves of each individual were also plotted in a
common graph to make the changes in the figure at this age of
the individual well visible. Height and body weight increase in
both sexes, circumferential measures usually increase, but this
is more evident in the girth of boys' hips. The WHtR index, as
a good indicator of body change and centrally stored fat
distribution, ultimately decreases in both sexes, due to
increasing body height and decreasing waist circumference. The
WHR index is also declining, but milder than the WHtR index and
milder in girls than in boys.