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A preliminary anthropometric study (body weight, body height, body-mass index) of Ethiopian schoolchildren and college students

✍ Scribed by Peters, W. -H. ;Keller, E. ;Abdi, Fatuma ;Selassie, A. W. ;Tadigo, D.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Weight: 226 KB
Volume: 31
Category: Article
ISSN: 0027-769X
DOI: 10.1002/food.19870310215

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✦ Synopsis

Body weight and height have been recorded in 261 schoolchildren and 283 college students from Gondar, North-westem Ethiopia. The body-mass index has been calculated for different age-groups in males and females to provide reference data for the evaluation of the nutritional status.

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