STUDY OF GROWTH INDICES OF CHILDREN IN 9 CITIES / 营养学报

This paper summarized the data of 5 growth indices of 152, 874 children aged 0-7 years in 9 city's urban and suburban areas. The results showed that they were well related to the growth of children. The stature of children was thin-tall in urban and thick-short in suburban. As compared with American and Japanese children data, we found that the body indices of our children were lower. Among 5 growth indices, the Kaup's index seemd to be useful for assessment of child physical development and nutrition.