The relationship between weight at birth, anthropometric data and reading age of white schoolchildren.
The relationship between weight at birth, reading ability and present weight in a group of 220 junior primary schoolchildren from a predominantly professional-class Westville population, was investigated. No statistical correlation was found between these variables. In view of the high birth weights of the children in this study, it is suggested that the phenomenon of intellectual stunting of low birth weight children (less than 2000 g), which has been reported from Scotland and the USA, may not present a problem in children from affluent populations, such as those of the present study.
D000886:Anthropometry; D001724:Birth Weight; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D012885:Skinfold Thickness