Height, Weight and Menarcheal Age of Rural Indian Girls

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  • Biometry and Nutrition Unit, Agharkar Research Institute, Agarkar Road, Pune 411 004 ,IN
  • Biometry and Nutrition Unit, Agharkar Research Institute, Agarkar Road, Pune 411 004 ,IN
  • Biometry and Nutrition Unit, Agharkar Research Institute, Agarkar Road, Pune 411 004 ,IN

Abstract

Age at menarche is an important indicator of physiological development in females and as such it has been studied extensively in many communities. Reported studies thus indicate that with decreasing social class, menarcheal age increases. But menarche is the end result of the sequence of events that preceed its onset viz., attainment of peak height velocity (PHV) and peak weight velocity (PWV).

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1998-05-01

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Shobha, R., Asawari, K., & Smita, J. (1998). Height, Weight and Menarcheal Age of Rural Indian Girls. The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, 35(5), 117–128. Retrieved from http://informaticsjournals.com/index.php/ijnd/article/view/14812

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