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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 30, 2101-2107, Copyright © 1977 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Assessing the anthropometric status of Hawaii's preschoolers participating in feeding programs in day care centers

BR Standal and MF Tiangha

A survey of low and middle income preschoolers who were exposed to similar feeding programs and physical activities showed similarity of physical growth between the two groups of children. Mean values of arm size, muscularity, triceps skinfold, and fat area were similar and signified adequate protein status and caloric reserves in both groups of children. Comparison of data from preschoolers in Oahu and on the United States mainland showed that all left arm triceps skinfold medians of preschoolers in Oahu were 1) smaller than the medians recorded for right arms in the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and 2) greater than the values on the 50th percentile for right arms of white children of the Ten-State Nutrition Survey, which indicated that Oahu preschoolers occupied a caloric reserve intermediate between the two mainland United States populations surveyed. Medians of heights and weights were lower than the median values of the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and were closer to the 50th percentile of while children in the Ten-State Nutrition Survey.




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