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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1991 37(1):37-44; doi:10.1093/tropej/37.1.37
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Are International Anthropometric Standards Appropriate for Developing Countries?

Felicia Kow, PhD*,, Catherine Geissler, PhD** and Eliathamby Balasubramaniam, PhD***

* Department of Chemical Technology, Papua New Guinea University of Technology
** Department of Food and Nutrition Sciences, King's College, The University of London
***Department of Applied Physics, Papua New Guinea University of Technology

Correspondence: F. Kow, School of Fisheries, Australian Maritime College, P.O. Box 21, Beaconsfield, Tasmania 7251 Australia

To test the validity of using international standards as references for the assessment of nutritional status, investigations have been carried out on pre-school aged children selected from three distinct ecological environments in Papua New Guinea. Field work included anthropometric measurements (weight, height, triceps skin-fold, mid-upper-arm circumference, mid-upper-arm muscle circumference), together with pathological and clinical assessments (intestinal helminths, diarrhoea, splenomegaly, PEM signs).

The findings indicate that any deviation below standard weight, height, and arm circumference is associated with greater prevalence of disease. International standards are therefore appropriate for preschool aged children in Papua New Guinea and by inference in other developing countries.


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