Ceylon Journal of Medical Science

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    Vitamin A and nutritional status of tea estate workers during pregnancy
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Atukorala, T.M.S.; Jayaekera, J.P.D.J.S.; Perera, R.S.
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    Auxology of Sri Lankan children, age 5 to 18 years 1.. height, weight and growth increments
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Amarasinghe, S.; Wikramanayake, T.W.
    Height and weight of 8,610 children, age 5 to 18 years, have been measured and their height and weight increments calculated. Differences in height and weights of the two major ethnic groups, Sinhalese and tamils were not significant. There were marked differences due to varying socio-ecomic-educational levels, especially in the age groups 5 to 10 years . There has been marked secular change in heights and weights during the past 50 years, the increase being more marked among the lower socio-economic groups than among the affluent.
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    Some factors influencing the age at menarche of Sri Lankans
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1988) Godawatta, R.; Wickramanayake, T.W.
    The mean age at menarche (MAM) of girls attending two schools in the City of Colombo catering families of a high socio-economic-educational status has been compared with that of girls of lower socio-economic status in the city and in rural Kadawata. The MAM for the former group is 11.8 years, lower than values reported earlier for more mixed Sri Lankan populations. In all schools studied those who have reached menarche are significantly taller, heavier, have a higher BMI, mid-arm-circum ference and skinfold thickness than those who have not attained age. The man weight of girls who have reached menarche is above 40 kg in all age groups and BMI is above 17.0. The importance of the socio-economic, educational and nutritional status, from the time of birth to the adolescent spurt, to the early onset of menarche, is stressed.
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    Applicability of NCHS height-for-age weight-for-age reference values to Sri Lankan school children
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1988) Kandiah, R.; Wickramanayake, T.W.
    Height-for-age sndweight-for-age of children drawn from the upper socio-economic-educational households in Sri LAnka have been compared with the corresponding NCHS reference values. Results indicate that the NCHS height-for-age reference values for children between 5 and 9 years of age are "attainable" by Sri Lankan children, except at centiles above the 75th. The NCHS weight-for-age reference value are well above the corresponding values for Sri Lankan children between 10 and 18 years of age. Between 5 and 9 years of age, Sri Lankan girls are significantly lighter than the NCHS population. There is no significant difference between weights of boys, 5 to 9 years, in the two populations. The advisability of using NCHS reference values for weight-for-height for assessing the degree of "wasting" in Sri Lankan children is questioned