Ceylon Journal of Medical Science

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    Auxology of Sri Lankan children aged 5 to 18 years 2.. quetelet's body mass index
    (SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.
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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
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    Nutritional status of institutionalised elderly, with special reference to iron
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1988) Atukorala, T.M.S.; Ranjani, L.P.P.; Sheriff, M.H.R.
    Iron and nutritional status were determined in 96 subjects over 60 years of age living in two homes for elders. The first group comprised of 31 males and 31 females, while the second group comprised of 34 females. Their dietary intake of energy, protein and iron was determined using the 24 hours dietary recall method and the iron nutritional status was assessed using hematological and biochemical parameters. A higher proportion of females than males had deficient energy intake, while protein intakes were low in both males and females. Iron intakes below the lowest values recommended by the WHO were seen in 7 males (22.6perc.) and 40 females (53.3perc.)
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    Factors affecting weight gain during and the growth of the infant
    (Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1987) Wimalawansa, S.J.; Wikramanayake, T.W.
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    Antenatal iron supplementation. only thrice a week
    (Faculty of Medicine. Colombo, 1996) Goonewardena, I.M.R.; Liyanage, C.
    To study the effectiveness of an oral iron supplement adminiatered only three times a week in improving the iron status of pregnant women
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    Combating iron deficiency 4.. product evaluation using iron-fortified wheat flour
    (Faculty of Medicine. Colombo, 1996) Goonaratne, J.; Mudalige, R.; Nestel, P.; Purvis, G.
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    Body mass index of the inhabitants of a purna village in Sri Lanka
    (The Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1992) Chandrasekera, M.S.; Wickramanayake, E.R.
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    Physical fitness in Sri Lankan students
    (The Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1992) Balasuriya, P.
    Meaximum oxygen uptake (VO2 max) was determined in agroup of sendentary medical students of both genders and ina group of University students and school children engaged in regular sports practices. The subjects were selected on a voluntary basis. The steady state heart rate during submaximal exercise on a bicycle ergometer was used to predict the VO2 max from the Astrand nomogram. The fitness index calculated aas VO2 max in ml/kg body weight was to determine the fitness level adjusted for age from the Astrand table. The male sendentory and sports groups had fitness indices which corresponded to 'poor' and 'average' fitness levels, respectively. The female sedentary and sports groups had fitness indices which were not significantly different from those of the corresponding male groups and which corresponded to 'average' and 'good' fitness levels, respectively. Weight-lifters had a fitness level similar to that of the male sendentary group.\
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    Eruption times of deciduous teeth in a group of Sinhalese children attending well baby clinics
    (The Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1994) Chandrasekera, M.S.