Secular Trends in Growth of Preschool Children from Rural Maharashtra, India

Rao, Shobha; Kanade, Asawari; Joshi, Santosh B.; Sarode, Jayshree S.

doi:10.3329/jhpn.v30i4.13325

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“…They can be perceived as a natural biological experiment reflecting complex interaction of genes, physiology and the environment that all define the body shape and size from generation to generation (Cole, 2003). The secular trend is biological indicator that is used in auxology and for assessing the degree of socio-economic development of a country, which is important information for public health policies (Rao et al, 2012). Human biological characteristics are influenced by genetic factors and also by the natural and socio-economic environment.It is well known that height of individuals is a significant index of nutrition and health of a population (Akachi and Canning, 2007;Deaton, 2007).…”

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Secular trends in height and weight among children from Novi Sad (Serbia), 1971-2017

Pavlica¹,

Rakić²,

Popović³

et al. 2018

Gl Antropol društva Srbije

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The secular trend is biological indicator for assessing the degree of socioeconomic development of a country. The study aims to analyze the secular trend of height and weight of children 3-11 aged in the city of Novi Sad (Serbia) in the period between 1971 and 2017. An anthropometric investigation was conducted six times within the stated period. The data are presented for a total of 13037 children (6969 boys; 6068 girls) on the territory of Novi Sad.The results point to a positive secular trend, although this is not observable in all ages and decades. The mean height of preschool boys and girls increased 0.21 cm and 0.11 cm per decade respectively, while in school boys and girls an increase was 0.70 cm and 0.55 cm per decade. The mean weight of preschool boys and girls increased 0.1 kg and 0.03 cm per decade respectively, while in school boys and girls an increase was 0.69 kg and 0.57 kg per decade. The magnitude of secular changes in body height and weight was not stable. These results possibly reflect a very turbulent socioeconomic and political situation in the country, which began in the 1990s.

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Secular trends in height and weight among children from Novi Sad (Serbia), 1971-2017

Pavlica¹,

Rakić²,

Popović³

et al. 2018

Gl Antropol društva Srbije

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“…Over the past two decades, with socioeconomic development, people have improved living standards and society, and parents have provided a more privileged life to their children, including increased health management investment, greater accessibility to education and improved food supply [1,2]. As previously reported, sustained economic growth has a substantial effect on children's long-term health [3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. Several researchers have shown that economic production plays a positive role in regional trends in children's physical growth [5,[7][8][9].…”

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Anthropometric Changes in Children Under 7 Years old in Nanjing, China from 1995 to 2015

Chen

Dong

et al. 2020

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Background: To date, there have been several reports about regional trends in physical growth in children of different races around the world. However, no studies on this trend have been reported in Nanjing, China. We decided to assess regional trends in body weight, length/height and head circumference in children (0-7 years old) in Nanjing over the past two decades from 1995 to 2015 and the relationship between socioeconomic development and the trend for increased physical growth.Methods: The results for body weight, length/height and head circumference in 0- to 7-year-old children were obtained from three repeated cross-sectional surveys that were performed using the same methods in the same urban and suburban areas of Nanjing in 1995, 2005 and 2015. The differences in mean values between urban and suburban boys and girls and the increases per decade were compared. Socioeconomic indicators were collected and analysed.Results: There was positive regional growth in height, weight and head circumference of children in Nanjing from 1995 to 2015. The trend for increased height and weight of urban children in the second decade was obviously slower, especially in urban areas. Before 2.5 years old, negative increases in weight and height in urban children were observed. The growth of head circumference from 2005 to 2015 underwent a visibly negative regional change.Conclusion: The increased growth due to rapid social and economic development gradually disappeared, and genetic potential might have been seen in developed areas.

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“…However, the studies concerning this problem in the context of the intergenerational transformations, usually focus on body height, weight, trunk measurements, and their relationships. This is true for the research carried out in the Indian population as well as for the studies conducted in other countries (Himes & Malina, 1975;Koziel, Gomula, & Nowak-Szczepa nska, 2016;Kryst et al, 2018;Kryst, Woronkowicz, Kowal, & Sobiecki, 2017;Rao, Kanade, Joshi, & Sarode, 2012;Woronkowicz et al, 2016). Quite rarely similar studies concern limb proportions and even then they usually focus solitary on the length of the lower limbs (Bigec, 2013;Dangour, Schilg, Hulse, & Cole, 2002;Dasgupta, Saha, & Nubé, 2008;Sohn, 2015;Woronkowicz et al, 2016).…”

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Secular changes in limb lengths and proportions from 1952 to 2011 in children, adolescents, and young adults from Kolkata (India)

Kryst

Żegleń

Dasgupta

et al. 2019

American J Hum Biol

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Objectives The aim of the study was to investigate the intergenerational changes of upper and lower limb lengths as well as the values of the upper, lower limb, and intermembral indicators of children, adolescents, and young adults from Kolkata (India) between 1952 to 1966 and 2005 to 2011. Methods The analysis was based on the results of anthropometric measurements of 7488 Bengali children, adolescents, and young adults. They were included in three cross‐sectional surveys, carried out in 1955 to 1966, 1982 to 1983 (only males), and 2005 to 2011. The upper and lower limb lengths were obtained and the upper and lower limb indicators, as well as an intermembral index, were calculated. The differences between the cohorts were assessed using two‐way ANOVA. Results Positive, statistically significant, secular trends regarding the length of the lower and upper limbs as well as the value of the lower limb index were observed. Negative intergenerational changes were noted for the values of the upper limb indicator and intermembral index, suggesting that the secular increase of the length of the upper limbs was less pronounced than those of the body height and lower limbs length. Conclusions The secular increase regarding the lower limbs length was associated with the socioeconomic progress of the country, but the length of the upper limbs was less sensitive for those factors. It is also important to mention that there is still very little information on those characteristics in general, which further proves the need for similar studies.

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Secular Trends in Growth of Preschool Children from Rural Maharashtra, India

Cited by 12 publications

References 20 publications

Secular trends in height and weight among children from Novi Sad (Serbia), 1971-2017

Secular trends in height and weight among children from Novi Sad (Serbia), 1971-2017

Anthropometric Changes in Children Under 7 Years old in Nanjing, China from 1995 to 2015

Secular changes in limb lengths and proportions from 1952 to 2011 in children, adolescents, and young adults from Kolkata (India)

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