J Nurs Acad Soc.  1973 Dec;3(3):73-77.

A study on the Nutritional status for School-Children of Song-do Primary School, Busan, Korea, 1972

• Oh YS

Abstract

A study on the nutritional status for school-children has been carried out on 1,700 school-children of Song-do primary school located in Song-do beach, Busan, Korea, from November to-December, 1972. The evaluation of the nutritional status has been carried out through skin-fold thickness and hemoglobin. The summarized results were as follows.: 1. Skinfold thickness 1) Subscapular skinfold thickness Among boys, that was 3.5mm in the age 6 and 5.4 mm in the age 11 Among girls, that was 4.2mm in the age 6 and 7.6mm in the age 11. Girls were thicker than boys in the all age. 2) Upper-arm skinfold thickness Among boys, that was 5.0mm in the age 6 and 6.8mm in the age 11. Among girls, that was 6.2mm in the age 6 and 8.7mm in the age 11. Girls were thicker than boys in the all age 3) Abdominal skinfold thickness. Among boys, that was 4.0mm in the age 6, and 6.4mm in the age 11. Among girls that was 4.0mm in the age 6, and 8.4mm in the age 11. Girls were thicker than boys in the all age. 2. Hemoglobin Proportional range of hemoglobin were observed as 12.2-12.8 gm/dl

MeSH Terms

Busan*
Female
Humans
Korea*
Nutritional Status*
Skinfold Thickness