- The impact of environment on morphological and physical indexes of Vietnamese and South Korean students. - Researches were carried out on 916 male students and 910 female Korean students at the age of from 20 to 25 in Seoul National University, South Korea. - The results show that in general, the basic morphological and physical indexes of students of South Korea are approximately equal to the average standard of the world’s youth now and the Korean students have anthropometric indexes better than Vietnamese students. - Climate, regimen, Psychology, Physical exercise, etc., are important factors which have effects on health, and morphology and physical status of students.. - Most of the previous researches showed that the values of morphological and physical indexes are influenced by the environment. - Bratterby have found that the maximal oxygen uptake, anthropometry and physical activity of 8 and 13 years old children in Sweden [2], the Midtby et al, study on the variation in bone formation markers with age, gender, anthropometry and season in both men and women [3]. - done at a smaller level are “Proposal of new indexes and classification of robusticity of Vietnamese adults” by Le Gia Vinh, Vo Hung et al, “Morphological human races and physical of Ede’s males in Tay Nguyen” by Mai Van Thin, “Some morphological and physical indexes of learners of Thanh Hoa Teachers Training College” by Mai Van Hung. - The indexes of morphological human races and physical of north Vietnam people adults ‘90” by Trinh Van Minh, Tran Sinh Vuong et al, “A survey of human races of youth and students”. - by Le Nam Tra et al,.[8] Most of the previous researches showed that the values of morphological and physical indexes are influenced by the environment especial “the values of Vietnamese’ biology in ’90 th century XX” by Ministry of Health, Vietnam [9]. - Form and physical force are the important indexes from to assess health status. - Most of the previous researches showed that the values of morphological and physical indexes are influenced by the environment.. - Therefore, the purpose of this research is to identify environmental factors that effect to anthropometry of Korean students from there to find out the marked differences between anthropometric indexes of Korean students and Vietnamese students, at the same time to. - Researches were carried out on about 1000 male students and 1000 female Korean students aged 20-25 years old volunteered to be the research objects. - After then comparison of basic anthropometric indexes of Korean students and Vietnamese students (other our study in Vietnam before). - The average values of the indexes were calculated based on the Button’s formula.. - The reality of basic anthropometric indexes of Korean students. - Average basic anthropometric indexes of Korean students (X + SD). - Table 1 shows average some anthropometric base indexes of males and females. - The males’ indexes of height, weight, measurement of middle chest, are higher than the females’ (p <. - The reality of basic anthropometric indexes of Vietnamese students. - Average basic anthropometric indexes of Vietnamese students (X + SD). - Table 2 shows average some anthropometric base indexes of males and females. - Vietnamese students as between females and males of Korean students.. - Comparison of basic anthropometric indexes of Korean students and Vietnamese students. - Average basic anthropometric indexes of Korean students and Vietnamese students are presented in Table 3 and Table 4.. - Average basic anthropometric indexes of males of Korean students and Vietnamese students (X + SD). - As shown in the above table, there was significant difference in the average basic anthropometric indexes of males such as height, weight, and so on between Korean students and. - Most of these indexes of Korean students are better than Vietnamese students.. - Average basic anthropometric indexes of females of Korean students and Vietnamese students (X + SD). - There was significant difference in the average basic anthropometric indexes of females such as height, weight, and so on between Korean students and Vietnamese student. - The difference between South Koreans, and even older North Koreans, compared to young North Koreans who grew up during the famine of the 1990s- 2000s is extraordinary [10]. - Climate, regimen, Psychology, Physical exercise and so on are importance reasons as well which have influenced on students’ health, and morphology and physical status of them. - Our study also showed that anthropometry indexes of Korean students are better than Vietnamese students. - Thus, why the basic anthropometry indexes of students of Vietnamese are smaller than the average standard level of students in the world, especially the average standard level of Korean students?. - The location, geography, and climate: The marked difference of the location, geography, and climate between Korea and Vietnam, we believed that these different conditions have effect on human variation in body size and shape.. - According to this theory, the different physical activity or training has effect on human variation in body size and shape adaptation to the different environment. - Therefore, they have different effects on basic anthropometric indexes of human as height, weight index and so on.. - Relatively low body weight, or body volume, and relatively large body surface area, produced by having legs and arms relatively long in proportion to the size of the trunk of the body, assist in heat loss. - Low body volume decreases the amount of metabolizing tissue, and also decreases the distance required for the radiation of heat from the internal organs and muscles to the surface of the body. - Body fatness, especially the thickness of the subcutaneous fat layer, may also increase in cold environments. - Thus, generally the basic anthropometric indexes of the North people are higher than the South people. - For example: Europeans in North America were far taller than those in Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in fact the tallest in the world. - The original indigenous population was also among the tallest populations of the world at the time. - The Netherlands was in the late nineteenth century a land renowned for its short population, but today it has the tallest average in the world, with young men averaging 1.83 m tall and only shorter than the peoples of the Dinaric Alps , where males average 1.856 m tall. - Therefore, the basic anthropometric indexes of Vietnamese people are not higher as Korean people.. - About specific regimen of Korean: South Korea is one of the developed countries in the world while Vietnam is a developing country.. - An explanation for this is that before 1975 when the Vietnam was in the war time, living conditions were poor and the environment was polluted. - However, Vietnam is still poor country in the world.. - So, might be this is one of causes that influenced the anthropometric indexes of Vietnamese students bad to day.. - Physical exercise of Korean students:. - In addition, physical activity has been shown to be change anthropometric indexes. - Our investigation in the Sport centre, SNU, showed that there are many modern instruments of sports indoor and outdoor. - For the reality of anthropometry index of South Korean students: Basic morphological and physical indexes of students of South Korea are approximately equal to the average standard of the world’s youth now and the Korean students have anthropometric indexes better than Vietnamese students. - For example, the height of South Korean students averaging 174.51 cm (male) and 161.22 cm (female) while the height of Vietnamese students averaging 165.76 cm (male) and 155.22 cm (female).. - Except for the influences of genetic, endocrine and race on effect to anthropometry index of South Korean students. - The environment including many factors as Location, Geography, &. - Climate, regimen, Psychology, Physical exercise and so on are importance reasons as well which have influenced on students’ health, and morphology and physical status of them.. - Bratterby, Maximal oxygen uptake, anthropometry and physical activity in a randomly selected sample of 8 and 13 year old. - Tra, et al., The values of Vietnamese’ biology in ’90 th century XX”, Published by Hanoi University of Medicine, 2003.