A Study On The Physical Health Of Mosuo Students In The 7-16 Years In Yunnan Province - A Comparative Study Of The Naxi And Pumi Students In The Region

Physique is featured in the process of human life. It refers to the quality of the human body, which is the material basis of all life activities. It is the stable and comprehensive characteristics of human morphological structure, physiological function, and psychological factors based on hereditary and acquired character. Also,it reflects the basic status and development trend of physical growth, physiology for a certain groups or individuals in a certain period. A good physique, for the young students, is a need of the development of the state, society and their own. In order to guarantee the students’ physical health, a massive student physique and health research was conducted in our country since 1979, and then in 1985, 1991, 1995, the health research have been carried out for 7-22 aged students(including minority students) in every five years. According to the last 20 years’ national physical health survey report, since 1985, the physical health of students kept falling during the recent 28 years. National ministries issued consecutive files since 2007 to improve the physical condition of students. In 2014, the state council issued “suggestions on speed up the development of sports industry and promote the sports consumption”; it would rise the national fitness as a strategy, and schools at various levels have taken physical health of students into the work plan to strengthen practical significance on the research. Located in the border, Yunnan has fifteen ethnic minorities, since 1985,the study of Yunnan minority’s physique is only constrained by the six nations like Naxi and Dai people; the Mosuo people, because of its unique life and cultural forms(matrimonial system), rich and relevant research mainly concentrated in sociology,religion, etc; due to national identity(Naxi nationality in Yunnan) and the influence of the geographical relationship, there are fewer research focusing on the physical health condition. To strengthen the Mosuo students’ physique and health research is not only related to the economic development in Yunnan province and the stability of the frontier, but also affects the quality of life of the ethnic itself.According to the national standard of physical health monitoring, this researchsurveyed 409 students at the age of 7-16 years in Yongning town, Ninglang County,and 234 students of Pumi ethnic as the subjects. The indexes of body shape, function,quality, health indicators are analyzed by data collecting. And the research findings are as follows:(1) Physical health levels of Mosuo, Pumi, Naxi students can be ranked as: Naxi >Mosuo > Pumi.(2) Compare with students’ growth and development indexes, the Mosuo students are1-2 years earlier than those of Pumi.(3) Body shape: Mosuo and Pumi students are relatively small with underweight;Surrounded degree is on the rise along with the age, among which girls’ growth spurt period are earlier than boys with a faster growth on the whole, and the skinfold thickness is larger than boys.(4)Body function: Vital capacity index of the Mosuo and Pumi boys in all age is smaller than the Naxi students, while the girl aged between 7 to 12 years old has greater index than the same age of the Naxi students; however, the girls aged 13 to 16 are vice versa. Pulse and blood pressure index of the Mosuo students aged from 7 to12 years is greater than the Pumi students from 13 to 16 years old.(5) Physical quality aspect: Grip strength index of the Mosuo aged of 7-12 is greater than those of the Naxi students while students of 13 to 16 are vice versa; the index of positioning devices for flex ion(male) of Mosuo students is greater than those of the Pumi while students aged between 13 to 16 have the converse situation.(6) Health indicators: the overall level of Mosuo students’ eyesight stays below those of Pumi students in the same region and there are gender differences between male and female. As for menstruation, there is no significant difference between the Mosuo,Pumi students, and it shows the convergence of early arrival as other nations.