Rises in schoolchildren's anthropometry: what do they signify in developed and developing populations?
| Autor: | Alexander R. P. Walker, Walker Bf |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Growth Health Promotion Motor Activity Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health medicine Humans Disease 030212 general & internal medicine Child Developing Countries 030505 public health business.industry Developed Countries Body Weight Urban Health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Anthropometry Body Height Diet Nutrition Disorders Health Female 0305 other medical science business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health. 118:159-164 |
| ISSN: | 1466-4240 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/146642409811800307 |
| Popis: | Recent reports indicate continuing rises in the height and weight of schoolchildren in both developed and developing populations. Also indicated are increases in the body mass index of children, and of adults, despite all public health warnings to the contrary, as well as personal desires of huge proportions of children, and of adults, to be slim. A little researched question concerns which level of schoolchildren's growth is consistent in later life with least occurrence of degenerative diseases. In developing populations, lack of knowledge prevails regarding the current and future health of the large proportions, and huge numbers, of schoolchildren who, judging from Western anthropometric standards, are categorized as suffering from mild to moderate malnutrition. It is questioned whether greater growth is essentially better. As to the future, in Western and in urban developing populations, attempts to control greater attainment of weight for height in schoolchildren, as well as adults, are unlikely to be rewarding, due to unpopularity of a 'prudent' diet on the one hand, and the still diminishing physical activity on the other. Notwithstanding, educational and other efforts to improve the composition of diets and encourage greater physical activity must be energetically pursued. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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