Trends in the growth of ethnic Chinese children living in London

Wheeler, Erica F.; Tan, Swee Poh

doi:10.1080/03014468300006641

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“…The same was true of Japanese born in Hawaii (SHAPIRO, 1939) or Chinese born in London who were taller than those born in Hong Kong (WHEELER and TAN, 1983). These findings suggest that the improvement in living conditions and food intake, as well as exogamy, affect child growth and body dimensions in the …”

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The Growth of 400 Chinese Children Born in Paris.

Rovillé-Sausse

1992

Journal of Anthropological Society of Nippon

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A survey made in the centres of "Protection Maternelle et Infantile" in Paris has given successive anthropometric measurements, from the birth to 66 months, of 400 Chinese children who live in France. Body measurements of Chinese children born in Paris are slightly above those of Chinese children born in China. This is likely due to the improvements of living conditions, feeding and exogamy. There is a slight difference between the body measurements from girls and from boys. This sexual difference is statistically significant by t-test from one month-age.

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confidence: 51%

The Growth of 400 Chinese Children Born in Paris.

Rovillé-Sausse

1992

Journal of Anthropological Society of Nippon

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“…Studies on the relationship between geographical migration and body height are well known (Kobyliansky & Arensburg, 1977;Kim, 1982;Wheeler & Tan, 1983;Bernis, 1984;Steegmann, 1985;Singh & Harrison, 1996) and many researchers have found that both internal and international migrants are taller than non-migrants (Bernis, 1984;Mascie-Taylor, 1984;Danubio et al, 2005;Szklarska et al, 2008), which was clearly confirmed in the present study. Migrants were taller, on average, than non-migrants by 1.4 cm in fathers and 2 cm in sons (Table 3).…”

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Geographical Variation and Migration Analysis of Height, Weight and Body Mass Index in a British Cohort Study

Krzyzanowska

Mascie-Taylor

2011

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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Using a sample of 2090 father and son pairs, the regional variation in height, weight and body mass index (BMI) with intra- and inter-generational migration within Britain was examined. Highly significant regional differences in means were found only for fathers. The overall mean height difference between regions ranged from about 2.7 cm to 3.1 cm, with the tallest fathers being found in the East & South-East region and the shortest in Wales. The variation in mean weight between regions was less significant, with the difference between the heaviest region (West Midlands) and lightest (South-West) being about 3.5 kg. For BMI the highest mean was in the North and Wales and the lowest in the South-West (difference of about 1 kg m-2). Intra-generational migrants were, on average, significantly taller than non-migrants for both fathers (+1.4 cm) and sons (+2 cm), but BMI was only significant in fathers, with migrant fathers, on average, having a lower BMI. There were no significant differences in weight between geographically mobile groups for either fathers or sons. Differentiating between regional in- and out-migration revealed that in the fathers' generation in-migrants were taller, on average, in six of the nine regions. The tallest in-migrants among fathers came into the North region; the tallest out-migrants were from Yorkshire & Humberside and the shortest were from Scotland. The largest positive gain on fathers' height was in the West Midlands region and Scotland, while negative effects were found in the Yorkshire & Humberside, East Midlands and East & South-East regions. For sons in-migrants were taller in all regions except Wales, with the largest differences between in-migrants and non-migrants being in the South-East and South-West. For out-migrants, the tallest sons came from Wales, while the shortest came from the East Midlands region. The North, East Midlands, East & South-East and West Midlands regions were net gainers, while Wales and Scotland were net losers. For BMI among fathers, in-migrants were of lower BMI than non-migrants. For out-migrant fathers, the North-West and South-West regions were the only two regions showing positive values, with the largest negative values being found in the East Midlands and Yorkshire & Humberside. The net effect of migration indicated that the largest gains were in the East Midlands and Yorkshire & Humberside regions and the largest losses were in Scotland and Wales. The inter-generational migration for BMI showed that in-migrating sons into the North-West and Wales had higher BMI than sedentes, while in-migrants into Yorkshire & Humberside were lower in BMI. In all regions out-migrants had lower BMI than non-migrants. The net effect of migration revealed that six of the nine regions were net gainers, while the Yorkshire & Humberside region was a net loser.

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“…The mid-arm circumference is greater in the Chinese Italian children, while the triceps and subscapular skinfolds are slightly thicker in the sample of He et al (2001). Our finding of a higher growth rate for Chinese children living in Italy than for those living in China agrees with the observation of Wheeler and Tan (1983) that Chinese children in London had higher length values than Chinese children in China, and with the observation of Wu and Daniel (2001) that Chinese-American infants were significantly heavier and longer than Chinese infants born and raised Taiwan. Other comparisons with Chinese children living in other industrialized countries yielded the following results.…”

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