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Folia Medica Indonesiana

ISSN 0303-7932

Vol. 39 / No. 4 / Published : 2003-10

Order : 6, and page :228 - 233

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Original Article :

Stature and weight of indonesian children compared to nchs-reference

Author :

  1. Susy Kristiani*1
  2. Toetik Koesbardiati*2
  3. Josef Glinka SVD*3
  1. Department of Dental Medicine, Airlangga University, Surabaya
  2. Department of Anthropology, Airlangga University, Surabaya
  3. Department of Anthropology, Airlangga University, Surabaya

Abstract :

Indonesian nutritionists have problem with growth standards. In the 1970s and 1980s they used the reduced Harvard Standards; now they prefer to apply NCHS-Reference. Harvard Standards seem to be not adequate to Indonesian children, even in the reduced form. Here we compare mean values of children’s stature and body weight with NCHS-Reference from six different populations from Java, Madura and Flores. Baby’s body weight lays only in the first three months between the 25th-50th percentile then it diminish to the 5th percentile. Mean values of children aged 1-15 years from Flores, Java and Madura lay on below the 5th percentile of the NCHSStandard. Only the mean values of children from Surabaya aged 6-16 years lay near the 50th percentile but they also diminish slowly to the 10th percentile. The question is: 1. are Indonesian children really undernourished; 2. are the discrepancies an effect of the Bergmann’s Rule; 3. are NCHS-Reference applicable outside the US; 4. are standard from one population applicable to another population ?

Keyword :

stature, weight, Indonesian children, NCHS-Reference,


References :

Glinka, J,(1973) Körpergewichtzunahme bei Säuglingen von Mittle-Flores von der Geburt bis zum 12 - : Monat. Z. Morphol. Anthropol

Glinka, J,(1984) Ontogenetyczne badaniah dzieci I mlodziezy na wyspie Flores w Indonezji - : Przegl. Anthropol





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