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1 Department of Biometry and Nutrition Unit, Agharkar Research Institute, Agarkar Road, Pune 411 004, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 35, No 6 (1998), Pagination: 149-156
Abstract
People from most poor communities of developing countries like India have characteristically low body weight and substandard stature. As growth during adolescence contributes significantly to attainment of final anthropometric measurements of an individual, investigations on adolescent growth patterns among such communities assume significance.