Wright C M, Aynsley-Green A, Tomlinson P, Ahmed L, MacFarlane J A
Department of Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Oxford UK.
Early Hum Dev. 1992 Dec;31(2):157-62. doi: 10.1016/0378-3782(92)90042-f.
Heights, weights and head circumferences were obtained from two groups of primary school children: 1016 children from throughout Oxfordshire, a rural county with few areas of deprivation, and 219 children from an economically deprived part of the city of Newcastle on Tyne. Compared to Tanner and Whitehouse standards, Oxfordshire children were significantly taller, but not heavier, while the Newcastle children were significantly shorter and markedly lighter. Mean head circumference values were lower in the Newcastle than the Oxfordshire children. Existing national growth standards are outdated when applied to children in acceptably advantaged circumstances while impoverished children still fall below these standard in a pattern suggestive of under nutrition.
我们获取了两组小学生的身高、体重和头围数据：一组是来自牛津郡的1016名儿童，牛津郡是一个贫困地区较少的乡村郡县；另一组是来自泰恩河畔纽卡斯尔市经济贫困地区的219名儿童。与坦纳和怀特豪斯标准相比，牛津郡的儿童明显更高，但体重却并非更重；而纽卡斯尔的儿童则明显更矮且体重显著更轻。纽卡斯尔儿童的平均头围值低于牛津郡儿童。现有的国家生长标准应用于生活条件尚可的儿童时已过时，而贫困儿童仍低于这些标准，显示出营养不良的状况。
