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KMID : 0358119840100010013
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Journal of the Korean Public Health Association
1984 Volume.10 No. 1 p.13 ~ p.24
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THE STUDY ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEIGHT AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN A PART OF SEOUL
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Abstract
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This study was aimed to describe the relationship between height and environmental factors of -entering school children and to elucidate the important variables associated with children´s height for aids to health policies and educational activities.
For this purpose 1099 children 523 boys and 576 girls from 6 elementary schools in´ Seoul were: surveyed during May 1st to June 30th. 1983.
The results are summarized as follows;
1. The mean heights of children were 117.56cm in boys and 116.24 cm in girls.
2. The mean height of children was the highest in breast-fed children and lowest in artificial fed
children. The relationship between the mean height of children and feeding methods during infancy was so significant.
3. According as the supplementary feeding during infancy was started earlier, the mean height of children was getting higher. . The relationship between the mean height of children and the time for supplementary foods was so significant.
4. The mean height of children was getting higher by the regularity of mealtime. The relationships between the mean heights of children and-regularity-of meal- time was so significant.
5. The mean height of children was getting higher as the socio-economic status score increased. The relationship between the mean height of, children and socio-economic status score was, so significant.
6. Among the all independent variables in this study, the important variables associated with height of children were socio-economic status score,-, sibling numbers, parental height and appetite.
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