Adolescent height: relationship to exercise, milk intake and parents' height.
The investigators studied the height of adolescents in the age range of 12 to 18 years from 2 schools in Bangkok. Questionnaires asking their rates of organised exercise per week, of milk intake per day and their parental heights were given to a total of 545 male and 615 female students. The completed questionnaires were analyzed. We could categorize these subjects into 3 groups according to their heights which were Group I (height > 97th%-ile), Group II (height between 50-97th%-ile) and Group III (height < 50th%-ile). Those in Group I had parents, whose height was significantly greater than those of the other groups. There was no difference in organized exercise among the 3 groups. Milk intake of female adolescents from Group I was significantly more than the other groups. It is concluded that parents' height in both males and females and milk intake in females contribute to a greater adolescent height.
Jirapinyo
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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok.
Wongarn
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R
Limsathayourat
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Maneenoy
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Somsa-Ad
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K
Thinpanom
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Vorasanta
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D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001827:Body Height / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D003625:Data Collection; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk; D010290:Parents; D012737:Sex Factors; D013785:Thailand