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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1980 26(3):88-95; doi:10.1093/tropej/26.3.88
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The Nutritional Status of Children in Western Samoa

DAVID R. LINES, M.B.B.S., F.R.A.C.P., Professor Child Health Research, NEIL E. ANDERSON, B.Sc, M.B.Ch.B. and DESMOND F. GORMAN, B.Sc., M.B.Ch.B.

Department of Paediatrics, Auckland University Auckland, New Zealand

1737 children living in Samoa had height, weight and head circumference measured. Frequency distributions of percentiles were determined and these showed a marked skewing of distribution towards the lower percentile group after the first year of life. While weight percentiles showed a recovery towards a normal distribution in later childhood no such recovery in height or head circumference was observed. In the first year of life breast-feeding is universal and the frequency distributions were not skewed, suggesting that nutritional inadequacy may be responsible for the reduced stature and head circumference of Samoan children. That the distributions were not intrinsic to race was demonstrated by comparison with Samoan children in Auckland who tend to be larger in all three parameters.


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