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KMID : 1138720050310020192
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Korean Public Health Research
2005 Volume.31 No. 2 p.192 ~ p.209
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The Secular Trend 2020 of Body Height and Weight of Korean Youth According to Chronological Change with Reference to 2000
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Lee Hwan-Ho
Park Soon-Young
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Abstract
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The aim of this study was to find out how degree the developmental improvement of Koreanadolescents has been and their physiques have become mature by means of chronological comparison of their body height and weight. We examined the results of previous studies which had already been conducted and issued by other researchers between 1913 and 2000. The estimate of body height and weight In the year of 2005 through 2020 was established being based on the result of past researches from 1913 to 2000. The followings are the results of this research. I) The prospective trend of body height and weight of Korean children and adolescents aged 6 to 20 It is estimated that the body height and weight of Korean children and adolescents aged 6 to 20 would be on the continuous increase in the similar trend to the developmental pattern of the last eight decades up to the present. 2) The prospective trend of body height and weight of Korean adults whose mean age is 23 It is expected that the body height and weight of Korean adults whose mean age is 23 would increase steadily according to the previous growth pattern which has been represented in the past researches This developmental trend might be accelerated by improvement of the living envlronrnent and nutritional amelioration. This precocious tendency is considered to apply to the adolescents as well. The mean of Korean body height and weight in both gender has increased up to the present and is also expected to be on the increase in the future (height and weight for male, 173.4 cm and 66.5 kg; height and weight for female, 160.4 crn and 55.74 kg in 20001 height and weight for male, 173.6 crn and 65.4 kg; height and weight for female, 162.7 cm and 54 9 kg In 2005lheight and weight for male, 174.3 cm and 66.0 kg; height and weight for female, 163.5 cm and 54 3 kg in 20101 height and weight for male, 174.9 crn and 66.6 kg; height and weight for female, 164.2 cm and 54.7 kg in 20151 he~ght and weight for male. 175.5 cm and 67 3 kg; height and weight for female, 164.9 crn and 55.0 kg in 2020). The obesity will bea big issue in Korean publ~c health and medical field because the increase in weight surpasses the height increment.
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KEYWORD
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Body height, Body weight
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