Anthropometric measurements in schoolgirls in the Western Region, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-31

  Al Amoudi, Najlaa M ^a,b   Masoud, Ibrahim M ^a   Feteih, Rabab M ^a   Ardawi, M Salleh M ^b   Bahnassy, Ahmed A ^c  

^a Faculty of Dentistry

^b Department of Clinical Biochemistry ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Arm circumference; Jeadah; Saudi Arabia; Schoolgirls, height; Triceps skinfolding thickness; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005323372     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Tanner JM. Fetus into man: Physical growth from conception to maturity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979; 2-29.
2. Hamill PVV, Johnston FE, Lemesshow S. Height and weight of youths 12-17 years. United States U.S. Department of Health , Education and Welfare Publication No. HSM 73-1606, 1973.
3. Rona R, Altman DG. The National Study of Health and Growth. Standards of attained height, weight and triceps skinfold in English children 5-11 years old. Ann Human Biol 1977; 4: 12-28.
4. Hamill PV, Drized TA, Johnson CL, Reed RB, Roche AF, Moore WM. Physical Growth: National Center for Health Statistics Percentiles. Am J. Clin Nutr 1979; 32: 607-629.
5. Tanner JM, Whitehouse JH, Takaishi M. Standard from birth to maturity for height , weight , height velocity and weight velocity: British children 1965. Arch dis Childhood 1966; 41: 454-471.
6. Behnke AR, Wilmore JH. Evaluation and regulation of body build and composition. Engiewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall 1974; 126-150.
7. Eveleth PB, Tanner JM. Worldwide Variation in human growth. Cambridge University Press 1976; 15-81.
8. Sukkar MY, El-Munshid HA, Ardawi MSM. Concise human physiology, Oxford, Blackwell Scientific Publications 1993.
9. Hammam HM, Kamel LM, Hidayat NM. A health profile of rural community in the western zone of Saudi Arabia. Proceedings of the Fourth Saudi Medical Conference (King Faisal University, Dammam), 1980; 26-34.
10. Jan MY, Ghafouri H. Al-Fares A. Physical growth of Saudi population living in the area of Jeddah. Proceedings of the Eighth Saudi Medical Conference (King Khalid Military Academy, Riyadh) 1983; 155-157
11. Al-Frayh AR, Jabar FA, Wong SS, Wong HY, Bener A. Growth and development of Saudi infant and pre-school children. J. Roy. Soc. Health 1987; 107: 15-18.
12. Sebai ZA, Hazmi MA, Sereniuo F. Health profile of pre-school children in Tamnia villages, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Med. J. (Suppl. 1) 1981; 2: 68-71.
13. Al-Hazzaa HM. Anthropometric measurements of Saudi boys aged 6-14 years. Ann Human Bio 1990; 17: 33-40.
14. Al-Sekait MA, Al Nasser AN, Bamgboye EA. The growth pattern of schoolchildren in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Med. J, 1992; 13: 141-146.
15. Magbool G, Kaul KK, Corea JR, Osman M. Weight and height of Saudi children 6 to 16 years from the Eastern Province. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1990; 13:4: 344-349.
16. Ashley-Montagu MF. An introduction to physical anthropology. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas-Publisher, 1960; 419-173.
17. Edwards DAW, Hammond WH, Healy MJR, Tanner JM, Whitehouse RH. Design and accuracy of calipers for measuring subcutaneous tissue thickness. Brit J. Nutr. 1955; 9: 133-145.
18. Falkner F, Tanner KJM. Human growth and postnatal growth and New York: Plenum Press 1978; 46-72.