Growth reacceleration of school children in the city of Sendai, Japan.
Height and weight of 6th year-grade children in primary schools and the 3rd year-grade children in junior high schools have been recorded in Sendai in every October since pre-World War II days, and the secular trends of the annual gains in the measures were compared among the latest three decades of 1965-74, 1975-84 and 1985-94. Acceleration and then reduction in acceleration in growth were observed in the first and the second decade, respectively, and such were followed by reacceleration in the latest 10 year-period. The three-phased changes were most evident in height and weight of primary school children of both sexes, whereas less clear or unclear among children in junior high schools.
Nakatsuka
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Miyagi University, School of Nursing, Taiwa-cho, Japan. nakatuka@mail.sp.myu.ac.jp
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D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male