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A preliminary anthropometric study (body weight, body height, body‐mass index) of Ethiopian schoolchildren and college students
W.H.M. Peters, E Keller, Fatuma Abdi, Anbesaw W. Selassie, D. Tadigo
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Abstract
Body weight and height have been recorded in 261 schoolchildren and 283 college students from Gondar, North-western Ethiopia. The body-mass index has been calculated for different age-groups in males and females to provide reference data for the evaluation of the nutritional status.