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Heights and Weights of 6 - 8 Year Old Children in Selected Schools in Coimbatore


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Growth of children is governed by their internal metabolic and hormonal states, which inturn are dependent on hereditary, environmental, health, nutritional and psychological factors. Topp et al, Someswara Rao and Vijayaraghavan et al point out that the pattern of growth and physical status though genetically determined, are strongly influenced by the dietary intake. Nutrition determines the extent to which the genetic potentialities are exploited by the organism.
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P. Parvathi Easwaran
Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College, Coimbatore-11, India
Elizabeth Shylaja Kurian
Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College, Coimbatore-11, India
Rajammal P. Devadas
Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College, Coimbatore-11, India

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Growth of children is governed by their internal metabolic and hormonal states, which inturn are dependent on hereditary, environmental, health, nutritional and psychological factors. Topp et al, Someswara Rao and Vijayaraghavan et al point out that the pattern of growth and physical status though genetically determined, are strongly influenced by the dietary intake. Nutrition determines the extent to which the genetic potentialities are exploited by the organism.