Special Communications. Heights and weights of American children

Acting on your suggestion, I am enclosing herewith a copy of the basic tables of heights and weights for white children under six years of age, obtained during the last three years by the Children's Bureau.These tables show average heights apd weights by age from birth to 72 months and average weights for children of different heights.They are based upon measurements of 167,024 white children.The records included in the tabulation were carefully selected from over 2,000,000 records received by the Bureau during the Children's Year Campaign.The basis of selection was fourfold: (1) the record card must have been signed by a physician; ( 2 ) no serious defects should have been noted; (3) the child must have been weighed and measured without, clothing, as verified by the physician signing the card; (4) all essential items must have been answered.The children included in the tabulation were three-fourths of native parentage, one-twentieth of British and Irish parentage, and the remainder of Scandinavian, Italian and other racial stocks.They represent children from every part of the country.The averages for white children of native parentage agree very closely with these averages for all white children.The eventual full report will contain comparisons of rural and city children, of children of native parentage, children of Italian, German and Scandinavian parentage, and a study of the correlation between the presence of certain abnormal conditions and stature and weight.Sincerely yours

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• Stature and weight of private school children in two successive decades

  Open Access•Howard V Meredith•American Journal of Physical…•1941

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