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Secular change of physical growth in Korean children and youth between 1999 and 2005  

Kim, Myung (Department of Health Education and Management, Ewha Womans University)
Kim, Hye-Kyeong (Health Promotion Research Institute, Korea Association of Health Promotion)
Matsuura, Yoshiyuki (University of Tsukuba)
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Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion / v.24, no.5, 2007 , pp. 69-85 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to clarify the traits of differences supposed as secular differences in physical growth between samples of children and youth in 1999 and 2005, and to identify the need of children and youth for health promotion. Methods: Two samples of different cohort were selected. The first one was consisted of 231 boys and 346 girls in 1999. And the other was consisted of 171 boys and 400 girls in 2005. Then the longitudinal growth distance data were collected from their cumulative health examination records. Results: The 2005 were larger in growth distances of stature, body weight, sitting height, and chest girth a at all ages from 6 to 16 in both boys and girls, so it could be concluded that a certain positive shift in growth process appeared in such a short duration. The 2005 were larger in growth velocity before peak age and also after peak age in body weight, but only in the term after peak age significant secular differences were found in stature for both sexes. As far as the growth distance concerned, the 2005 boys were ahead of the 1999 boys from 0.28-1.02 years and the 2005 girls from 0.32 to 0.81 years. In growth distance. Only in peak velocity, significant secular change was recognized in both sexes, any positive evidences of appearance of secular change were not found in peal age. In such derived physical indices as BMI, body weight index, sitting height index, and chest girth index, obvious evidences of secular change appearance were found.
Keywords
Secular change; Physical growth; Growth distance; Growth trait; Growth velocity;
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