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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 26, 897-900, Copyright © 1973 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.

International and local growth standards

Alexander R. P. Walker D.Sc.1 and Barbara D. Richardson M.Sc.1

1 From the Human Biochemistry Research Unit, South African Institute for Medical Research, P.O. Box 1038, Johannesburg, South Africa

Investigations have been made on groups of South African preschool children, namely, rural and urban Negroes, Negro nursery school children, and whites, in respect to height, weight, and prevalence of PCM clinical stigmata. Because the Negro nursery school group who received two meals per day at school showed low prevalences of underweight, overweight, or clinical deficiency stigmata, they were used as a local standard of growth for comparative purposes. The relative values of local and international standards are discussed, and in their construction, stress is laid on the need for information on variables other than growth, including patterns of health experienced in later life.




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