Georgi Georgiev

Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje · Faculty of Physical Education, Sport and Health

The identification of children and adolescents who are at risk of sarcopenic obesity development often requires specialized equipment and expensive test procedures. Therefore, the establishment of cheaper and faster methods would be greatly useful, especially if they could be applied in the field. The study's objective was to establish if identific...

Introduction: childhood obesity is a worldwide chief health problem. Along with body mass index, body fat percentile values can also be used to predict future cardiovascular and metabolic health risks. Objective: the study's aim is to define the percentile values and curves about the fat tissue percentage through which the childhood and adolesce...

Study purpose. This paper is about the differences in anthropometric characteristics between elite and non-elite youth football players in the Republic of Kosovo. Therefore, our current study aims to compare the differences in anthropometric characteristics between elite and non-elite youth players. The test was conducted with 132 young football pl...

This research was conducted on a sample of 399 respondents from Pristina. The aim was to determine if there were differences between the male and female respondents with different levels of physical activity with regard to social support from their parents and friends, the number of friends who take exercise, as well as the quality of their residen...

Practice of sport, exercise or recreational physical activity increase the needs of energy and nutrients. Objectives are: 1) to evaluate BMI; 2) to assess the nutritional status; and 3) to test the association between BMI and KIDMED index. The study is realized on a sample of healthy young participants (N=101), aged 18-35, that do recreational spor...

This pilot study has been carried out on a sample of 51 participants – children aged 6–8 years, pupils in grades 1 and 2 at Elementary School Dimkata Angelov-Gaberot in Vatasha, Kavadarci, Republic of North Macedonia. The main objectives were: 1) to assess explosive leg power and flexibility of lower back and hamstring muscles; 2) to compare these...

Physical education plays an important role in developing motor abilities, skills and competence in children. Main objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of physical education curriculum by assessing in 9 th grade school- children: (1) abdominal muscle strength; (2) lower back muscle strength; (3) upper limbs muscle strength; (4) lower limbs mus...

The purpose of this paper was to confirm whether there is any difference in body composition between the three groups: Group1 – females (N=25) aged 19–21, Group2 – females aged 22–24, (N=27), and Group3 – males aged 19–24 years (N=22). Respectively to determine whether gender and calendar age has an impact on the body composition of women and men....

Background: This study examined the applicability of trans-theoretical model (TTM) to understand exercise behaviour among students in University "St. Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. The dependent variables analysed were exercise self-efficacy expectation, decisional balance (pros and cons)...

Studies in a variety of countries have shown increases in the prevalence of overweight among women in recent years. These increases have given rise to concern about women’s health and well-being. The purpose of this paper was to prove the differences in body composition between women aged 19-20 and 21-28 years old, respectively to prove whether the...

Background: This study examined the applicability of trans-theoretical model (TTM) to understand exercise behaviour among students in University "St. Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted. The dependent variables analysed were exercise self-efficacy expectation, decisional balance (pros and cons)...

Objective: the aim of the research was to determine the differences in fitness components among children and adolescents from urban and rural areas. Design/method: A sample of 5076 school children (2877) and adolescents (2199) from urban and rural areas from the region of Strumica (Macedonia). Physical fitness is estimated with 7 tests and that: st...

The aim of this research was to determine the level of adiposity and obesity among Macedonian adolescents and to compare the results with previous studies conducted in this population, as well as those conducted in other populations. The sample included 2390 adolescents from four urban different regions of R. Macedonia aged between 11 to 18 years;...

The aim of this research was to determine the common influence of anthropological dimensions (anthropometric characteristics, basic motor and functional abilities) on the specific motor skills of young water polo players. A total number of 90 water polo players were involved in the study. The investigation protocol consisted of standardized anthrop...

Добро поставен и изграден систем на обука и усвојување на знаења во спортот, како и надградба на претходно стекнатите навики, претставуваат едни од основните апостолати на постигањата и достигањата во спортските резултати. Исто така еден од клучните фактори кој од друга страна преставува гарант за професионални и врвни достигања и кој не може да се...

Моторичките навики и спортско техничките знаења кои најчесто се стекнати преку наставните содржини и други активности кај спортистите или учениците, покрај тоа што се зависни од морфолошките карактеристики во голема мера се поврзани и условени од моторичките и функционалните способности. Во периодот на развој, систематизираната програмски поставена...

The research was made in September 2011, on a sample of 28 forth grade children (16 female and 12 male) both gender, at the age from 8 years and 6 months (8.06) to 9 years and 9 months (9.09). The aim of the study was to identify the prevalence of obesity, by using the percentile distribution of BMI. For that purpose, NCHS referent values of the Am...

Functional Abilities as a Predictor of Specific Motor Skills of Young Water Polo Players The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of functional abilities on specificmotor skills. A total number of 92 male water polo players (age 12±0.5 years, body height 156.96±22.3 cm, body weight 51.02±33.18 kg) with at least two years' experience, w...

Daniela [ukova-Stojmanovska Fakultet za fizi~ku kulturu Skopje Republika Makedonija Ovo smo istra`ivanje napravili na 104 ko{arkara i 96 ko{arka{ica iz prve makedonske lige, sa ciljem da se vidi da li oni konsumiraju alkohol i koliko ~esto. U tu svrhu primenili smo anketni upitnik sa 6 pitanja povezanim sa konsumiranje alkohola, i razli~itim brojem...

We made this research to see the percent of the different categories of people that smoke. We considerate basketball players in first macedonian league, that is presented here. We applied questionnaire with 15 questions and different possible answers. After that we spanned 2 test and its significance. From the obtained results we can tell that 28....

We made this research to see the percent of the different categories of athletes that smoke. We considerate 62 female handball players that play in first Macedonian league, which is presented here. We applied questionnaire with 15 questions and different possible answers. After that we spanned 2 test and its significance. From the obtained results...

We made this research to see the percent of the different categories of athletes that smoke. We considerate male and female basketball players in first Macedonian league, which is presented here. We applied questionnaire with 15 questions and different possible answers. After that we spanned 2 test and its significance. From the obtained results w...

Although 90% of the people that have breast cancer are smokers and the number of illnesses connected to smoking is growing up, the number of smokers is also growing up, at least in Macedonia. In 1995 30% of high school pupils were smoking, and in 2000, up to 50%. We made this research to see the percent of the athlets that smoke. We considerate vol...