title: Height-weight relationship in young healthy Indian girls.
abstract: The relationship between height and weight in young healthy Indian girls (8--18 years) was developed. It is concluded that the relationship of the form:log w = 0.98 h + 0.14 holds good to the data on height h (in metres) and weight w (in kilograms) for this group of subjects, the logarithm is taken to the base 10. The results of the present study show that Ehrenberg's equation of the form : log w = 0.8 h + 0.4 may not be extended upto the age of 18 years in young healthy Indian girls.
authors.affiliation: Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences, Delhi Cantt.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bandopadhyay
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lakhera
authors.lastname: Nandkishore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009752:Nutritional Status; D012016:Reference Values