Abstract:
The NGDS (National Growth and Development Standards for the Pakistani Children) Pilot Project was initiated in 1998 to establish Pakistanbased anthropometrical data library and growth charts, to formulate ,mathematical models, which predict growth parameters to write softwares, Which generate detailed growth profiles and to develop inexpensive #ntropometry instruments from local resources, which could be employed in `obtaining anthropometric measurements of Pakistani rural and slum-area `Idren. Standing and sitting heights, shoulder widths, weights and mid-upper o rcumferences are measured on over 2000 healthy children. Mathematical procedure/software was developed, which takes as input heights and weights of biological parents, and those of child at 2 successive occasions, 6 months apart. The output is detailed growth profile indicating stunting and wasting (if present), overweight/underweight conditions, height velocity, rate of weight/gain/loss and biomass index (comparison -of all three with references). Failure to grow may be the first indication of a major underlying problem. The authors recommend growth monitoring and analysis of all 4-10 year old children using this software.
Page(s):
709-717
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology, Volume: 1, Issue: 4, Year: 2004