Banerjee A
Reader, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 411 040.
Med J Armed Forces India. 2001 Jan;57(1):8-11. doi: 10.1016/S0377-1237(01)80080-0. Epub 2011 Jul 21.
A cross sectional study of school children between 6-17 years of age was carried out in an Air Force Station to determine their growth patterns as indicated by weight and height with a view to detect gender bias, if any, and compare the findings with those of affluent Indian children and National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS), USA, standards. A total of 763 boys and 605 girls were examined. There was no gender bias in growth. Though the children compared almost favourably, with affluent Indian children, particularly in respect to stature, they were lagging far behind the NCHS standard. Goal for achieving the NCHS standards in the long run has been discussed.
在一个空军基地对6至17岁的学童进行了一项横断面研究，以确定他们的体重和身高所显示的生长模式，目的是检测是否存在性别差异，并将研究结果与富裕的印度儿童以及美国国家卫生统计中心（NCHS）的标准进行比较。总共检查了763名男孩和605名女孩。生长过程中不存在性别差异。尽管这些孩子与富裕的印度儿童相比几乎表现良好，特别是在身高方面，但他们仍远远落后于NCHS标准。讨论了从长远来看实现NCHS标准的目标。
