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Seasonal pattern in the rate of growth in height of children living in Guatemala

✍ Scribed by Barry A. Bogin

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1978
Tongue
English
Weight
538 KB
Volume
49
Category
Article
ISSN
0002-9483

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Monthly increments of height for a sample of 164 Guatemala City school children are analyzed for the presence of a seasonal pattern in rates of growth. It is found that pre and post adolescent children follow a seasonal pattern of growth but adolescent children do not. It is suggested that the results are due to an effect of seasonal changes in ultraviolet light availability and the synthesis of vitamin D~3~ as mediated by the level of maturation of each child.

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