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Descriptive Study of the Growth Curve of Igbo Children in Aba 5-10 Years of Age Using Weight

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/EASMS.2020.v03i03.012
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Background: Weight is a very useful and important parameter in the study of growth patterns especially in children. This study was carried out to determine the pattern of growth or the growth curve of Ibo children between the ages of 5-10 years old in Aba, a town in Abia state Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A weighing scale was used to measure the weight of a total of 834 children all living in Aba and the data obtained was used in the analysis of their growth pattern. Results and Discussions: The result showed that the boys have heavier birth weight while the girls mature earlier. The Aba children compared favourably with their Uniport counterparts at the earlier ages at the 3rd weight percentile but less with children whose weight fall within the 50th and 97th weight percentiles. The Aba children also compared favourably with the English children and the WHO’s figures recommended for measuring nutritional changes at the 3’ weight percentile but falls below the 50th and 97th percentiles. Conclusion: The result showed that Aba children were slightly below the WHO figures recommended for measuring nutritional changes which is as a result of their socio-economic status.

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