Original scientific paper

Half-a-Century of the »Körmend Growth Study«

O. G. Eiben
G. Tóth

Abstract

The authors give a sketch about the „Körmend Growth Study« which is series of
cross-sectional growth studies, carried out in Körmend, a small town in Western Hungary.
The first investigation was carried out in 1958 (K-58) and it has been repeated every
ten years (K-68, K-78, K-88, and K-98). All 3-18 year-old healthy boys and girls in nurseries
and schools in Körmend were involved in the study. Twenty-three body measurements
were taken. This paper focuses on changes in height, weight, and BMI. Means of
these two body measurements show an increase from time to time (as a phenomenon of
positive secular trend), however, the secular trend for increasing height and weight is
declining. BMI follows a similar pattern.

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Hrčak ID:

17214

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/17214

Publication date:

16.12.2000.

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