Abstract
In a cross sectional and semilongitudinal anthropometric study of 550 healthy school age children from class 1 socio-economic group, it was observed that given appropriate nutritional and health support in a good environment, Indian children were capable of achieving better standards of growth than their counterparts in not so good a milieu. The data were recorded meticulously within a week of the exact points in age. The velocity of growth was nearly identical in boys and girls from the age of 5 to 7 1/2 years. Thereafter the growth in girls was higher than in boys till the age of 11–11 1/2 years and was nearly equal between 12–12 1/2 years. Subsequently the boys gained weight and height more rapidly. The maximum weight gain in both boys and girls occurred between 12–12 1/2 years. Gain in height was most marked between 12–12 1/2 years in girls and 13–13 1/2 years in boys. Pubertal spurt occurred earlier in girls.
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