title: Comparative foot dimensions in Filipino rural children and Tokyo children.
abstract: The height, weight, chest circumference and foot size (length, breadth and circumference) were compared in Isabela (Philippines) and Tokyo (Japan) children in 1985. The Isabela subjects were 350 girls from 7 to 15 years of age, and 396 boys from 7 to 16 years of age. In Tokyo, the subjects were 191 girls and 186 boys, both from 7 to 18 years of age. The following results were obtained: (1) the Isabela children were significantly smaller in height and chest circumference, and lighter in weight than the Tokyo children; (2) there was no difference between Isabela and Tokyo children in foot breadth and circumference; (3) there was a protuberance of the first metatarso-phalanx joint in 4.5% of the Guibang village children in Isabela, but in none of the Tokyo children.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Living Sciences, Otsuma Women's University, Tokyo.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kusumoto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010679:Philippines; D014041:Tokyo