Studies on the Growth Pattern of Boys Under Ten in a Selected School of Dhaka City

Authors

  • Mohajira Begum Bio-Chemistry and Applied Nutrition Division, IFST, BCSIR, Dhaka
  • Zaibun Nessa Bio-Chemistry and Applied Nutrition Division, IFST, BCSIR, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v42i1.360

Keywords:

growth patterns,

Abstract

The study was carried out among 180 school boys with an age range from 4 to below 10 years attending a school in Dhaka City with a view to assess the growth pattern. Gomez and waterlow classification were used to classify the nutritional status. Only 1 boy had weight for height less than 70%, while 10.0% were wasted, 10.6% stunted, 1.7% were both wasted & stunted and 77.8% of the boys were normal in all the parameters. The overall nutritional condition of under ten boys were found to be better than the country situation. The boys of the school belong to a privileged class which represent a typical group of population of the country. Bangladesh J. Sci. Ind. Res. 42(1), 83-88, 2007

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Begum, M., & Nessa, Z. (2007). Studies on the Growth Pattern of Boys Under Ten in a Selected School of Dhaka City. Bangladesh Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 42(1), 83–88. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjsir.v42i1.360

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Vol. 42 No. 1 (2007)

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