Study on Physical Growth in Urban and Rural School Children from 5 to 13 Years of Age: A Comparative approach

Kolekar, Sunil M.; Sawant, Sunita U.

doi:10.9734/bpi/nvst/v2/12919d

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“…Previous studies reported variations in the anthropometric indices of WRA. For example, the findings of this study is not in conformity with related studies (Kaur and Singh, 2010;Jeminusi et al, 2015) and also disagrees with the studies which reported greater height among the urban population than that of rural (Bharati et al, 2005;Kolekar and Sawant, 2013). As observed in this study, Jeminusi et al, (2015) did not observe variation in heights between WRA in urban and rural settings.…”

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A comparative study on anthropometric indices of women of reproductive age in urban and rural settings in Kano, Nigeria

Abubakar,

Shehu,

Adamu

2023

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Urban and rural dwellers are known to differ traditionally in socioeconomic and cultural characteristics, which may affect nutritional status. Women of reproductive age (WRA) are one of the nutritionally vulnerable groups. This study compared the anthropometric indices of WRA in urban and rural settings in Kano State to provide information that could guide policy, programmes and interventions targeted at the WRA. A total of 240 WRA (15 to 49 years) from 8 (4 each of rural and urban) randomly selected Local Government Areas (LGAs) participated in a cross-sectional descriptive community-based study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect information on socio-demographic characteristics. Anthropometric indices, which included height, weight, waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), waist to hip ratio (WHR) and waist to height ratio (WHtR) were measured. Associations were determine statistically using Chi-square and /or Fisher’s exact and independent sample t - tests. Results showed that most of the study participants were from the age ranges 15-22 years (31.2%) with a mean age of 30.4±10.1, married (57.5%), had completed secondary school education (46.7%), self-employed (75.8%) and earned less than 18,000 naira (86.2%). Mean anthropometric indices were significantly higher in urban compared to rural participants; weight (P = 0.005), WC (P = 0.004), HC (P = 0.001), MUAC (P = 0.041) and WHtR (P = 0.002). In conclusion, it was observed that that place of settlement had impact on the anthropometric characteristics among the WRA in Kano State.

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A comparative study on anthropometric indices of women of reproductive age in urban and rural settings in Kano, Nigeria

Abubakar,

Shehu,

Adamu

2023

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“…When compared to their urban counterparts, Vietnamese rural children had higher heights and a lower BMI (17). This report is also in line with a study carried out in India (18). The results of this study are similar to other studies on children conducted in other nations.…”

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Assessment of anthropometric and physical profi le of selected school-age children in rural and urban setting in South-West Nigeria (NigeriaLINX pilot)

Otinwa,

Gbenga Jaiyesimi,

Bamitale

et al. 2023

Sci Med

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Objective: the objective of this study was to examine the anthropometric and physical profile of selected school-age children in rural and urban setting.Methods: the descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted for the study while multistage sampling techniques, which included simple random and systematicsampling techniques, were used to draw samples from the target population. The sample constitute healthy children who voluntarily participated in the study after consent for participation was given by individual parent. Anthropometric measurements for the study included height, weight, sitting height and BMI while the physical fitness tests for the study included sit and reach, handgrip strength, speed bounce, standing broad jump, 10m x 5 shuttles run and multistage fitness test. Z score, STEN score and independent T-Test were used for data analysis.Results: a total of 222 healthy children with average age of 10 years (male=112, female=109) participated in the study. The results showed that the urban children were taller (Urban=141.3±9.2m; Rural=134±21.3m), heavier (Urban=37.6±10.4kg; Rural=28.2±6.2kg), had more leg power (Urban=105.7±25.5; Rural=49.4±41.0) and arm strength (Urban=15.7±4.1; Rural=13.4±5.2) than rural children. However, the rural children had higher sit and reach score (Rural=25.3±5.8; Urban=22.8±6.0) and completed more laps in multistage fi tness test (Rural=35.5±25.5; Urban=12±5.7). The statistical analysis showed that all the variables were signifi cantly differenturban and rural children (P<0.05).Conclusion: the current study shows that the children in the urban and rural settings diff ered in the selected anthropometric and physical variables. Therefore, the physical education program and infrastructural facilities for physical activity and sport participation for school age children should be designed based on the socioeconomic status, social amenities and level of development of thehost community.

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“…25 In this present study (shows in the chart) the mean height and mean weight and other parameters of the urban areas school children (both boys and girls) were significantly higher than the rural areas school children (both boys and girls) (p value <0.05), Which is consistent with study of urban and rural school children from 5 to 13 years of age in Maharashtra. 26 The present investigation was aimed to formulate the growth pattern of school children in an around Kolkata, which ultimately helps to designed sitting workplace (space and workstation) in relation to the different growth dimensional parameter of school children. The present investigation desired to cover up few more school children which was not possible due to lack of cooperation from management or some guardians or sometimes for both.…”

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A study of growth pattern of school going children of Kolkata, India

Ghorai

Mazumder

Gangopadhyay

et al. 2023

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: In our society only, a few peoples have good physiological status from their childhood. Health status of children and adolescents is important factor for young society. This present study highlights the peoples’ state of health and nutrition. Change in height with respect to age can be seen during puberty and adolescence. Growth can also be dependent upon the geographical regions. Methods: In this study included 230 adolescent students (boys- 146, girls- 84) in the age group of between 12-18 years. So many related growth parameters were measured using by an anthropometric rod, weighing machine, and slide calliper. BMI, p value was obtained by performing t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Statistical software SPSS version 20 was used. Results: Growth parameter was found to be increasing with age and it was more pronounced between 16 and 17 years. Interestingly the increment of all the growth parameter was found to be more in urban and less in rural. Conclusions: The findings of this study showed a progressively increasing of growth-related parameters with ages and the progress vary, indicating a nutritional supplementation are unequal (unequal growth pattern), as it was evident from different growth parameters percentile values of CDC and IAP values. This study will certainly help to create among the children and their parents about the physical growth and health.

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Study on Physical Growth in Urban and Rural School Children from 5 to 13 Years of Age: A Comparative approach

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A comparative study on anthropometric indices of women of reproductive age in urban and rural settings in Kano, Nigeria

A comparative study on anthropometric indices of women of reproductive age in urban and rural settings in Kano, Nigeria

Assessment of anthropometric and physical profi le of selected school-age children in rural and urban setting in South-West Nigeria (NigeriaLINX pilot)

A study of growth pattern of school going children of Kolkata, India

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