Abstract
The aim of the present study was to comprehend the growth pattern of school children in the age group of 9 - 12 years, inclusive of both sexes, belonging to Higher Income Group (HIG) and Lower Income Group (LIG) groups .The study was carried on total 511 school children in Pune, India. The Anthropometric measurements of body height and weight, belonging to both genders, and contrasting socioeconomic groups were obtained and studied by cross sectional analysis. We observed that values of all parameters of HIG were almost greater than LIG values in all the age groups. This lag in the LIG values could be due to constant exposure to severe nutritional, social and environmental strain. Girls of both HIG and LIG showed growth spurt in height earlier than boys of HIG and LIG. We made an interesting observation that minimum value of weight at the age group of 9-10 years of HIG were corresponding with the maximum values of weight at 11-12 years of LIG. The data would be useful to understand the growth pattern in school children of age group of 9-12 years as influenced by the socio-economic factors.
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