Growth patterns of highland children and some possible implications for assessment of nutritional status.
P N G Med J
; 24(1): 45-9, 1981 Mar.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6945774
ABSTRACT
Cross-sectional height and weight data from children under 5 years of age at three locations in the highlands of Papua New Guinea are analysed. The proportion of children under 90% height for age increases rapidly with age. The proportion of children under 80% weight for height is much lower at ages and peaks in the second year of life. Thus, the increase with age in the proportion of children below 80% weight for age is primarily due to a progressive increase in the height deficit. The implications of this growth pattern for monitoring nutritional status will not be clear until the relative health significance of a deficit in height as compared to a deficit in weight for height has been determined.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
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Growth
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Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
Language:
En
Journal:
P N G Med J
Year:
1981
Type:
Article