Rapid weight gain in infancy was arbitrarily defined on the basis of sex-specific percentiles of weight gain at four-month intervals and from birth to 12 months. In girls, no significant association between rapid weight gain in infancy and overweight at 10 1/2 years was found. In boys, the...
Objective The indexs of physical growth of 315 children aged 0-12 months were monitored longitudinally in order to provide theoretical basis for working out measure to promote children growth and development.\ Methods\ 315 normal neonates were studied and the indexs of their physical growth such ...
Physical growth of Swiss children from birth to 20 years of age. First Zurich longitudinal study of growth and development. Physical growth from birth to adulthood in healthy Swiss children born 1954-1956 is described. The data are based on the First Zurich Longitudinal Study in... A Prader,...
Menstruation typically begins about 2 years after breast development starts and when growth in height slows after reaching its peak velocity. In the United States, most girls start their period at 12 or 13 years of age, but there is a wide range. In both boys and girls, p...
Physical development from birth to 6-years-old The physical development data of 34 discordant dizygotic twin pairs at birth and 1, 3-, 6-, 8-, 12-, 18-, 30-, 36-, 48-, 60-, and 72-months-old were reviewed, and the fitting curves of body weight and height were drawn, respectivel...
Objective To monitor physical growth of 584 infants aged 0-12 months in Chengdu City in order to provide reference for decision-making for promoting children growth and development.Methods Data of infants born during the period from January to December of 2009 were collected.The babies had the ph...
The mean ages for genital development stages G 2-5 were 11.9, 13.3, 14.6 and 15.9 yr; respectively. In girls, the breast development Stages B 2-5 had mean ages of 10.9, 12.8, 13.9 and 14.8 yr, respectively. The mean age for menarche was 12.6 yr. In 14 yr old boys, the mean ...
Longitudinal studies on the development of physical aggression during the preschool years have shown that the frequency of physical aggression use increases during the first 30 to 42 months after birth and then decreases steadily.6-8 Fewer girls than boys reach the highest frequency levels, and girl...
– 19yearsold: stages (0-3) (3-7) (7- 12) (12-16) (16 -19)years; Sequence usually same for all children; The rate of individualdevelopment; The effects of premature births; Also low weight babies; multiple births0–3YearsoldPhysicalDevelopmentBirth to3Months: 1.1 From birth babies ...
The first aim of this study is to describe and compare the birth weight distributions and physical growth (weight and length) of children from birth to 12 months in one rural and one urban area of Hanoi, Vietnam. A secondary aim is to study associations between the anthropometric outcomes ...