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Method of Growth Measurement
The Office of International Education Cooperation
Bases System in Japanese Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Division
of Behavioral epidemiology Otsuma Women's
University Sanbancho-12, Chiyoda-city,
Tokyo,Japan 102-8357
No.002(English)

• Shohei Kokudo

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Body-size measurement

• is an investigation of the growth situation
• can confirm individual health condition
• Presence of illness
• Check nutritional condition
• can apply to ergonomic assessment.
• desk height, chair size.

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Characteristic of children's growth

• Individuality
• Pace of growth
• Timing of growth
• Group-phenomena
• Existing general growth pattern
• Different Growth pattern means
• Disease
• Malnutrition
• Problem of family life

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Objectives of body size measurement

• To clarify a general growth pattern and
  investigate a standard growth condition of the
  children in Myanmar

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Factors affected to growth of children

• Factors
• Heredity, Ethnicity
• Environment of Growth and Development
• Life Style
• Nutritional Condition
• Phenomena
• Individual Difference
• Urban-rural Difference
• Secular Change
• Racial difference
• Regional Difference

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Urban-rural difference of Thai boys
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Secular change of Japanese boys 17years of age
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Secular change of Thai boys
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Ethnic difference in Thailand
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Role of Workshop participants

• Specialists of the body-size measurement
• Leaders of the body-size measurement in your
  school

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How to measure the Body Size
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Subjects

• Children from 5 to 18 years
• DO NOT select some children in your school
• As a general rule, ALL school children should be
  measured
• IF it is difficult, some classroom should be
  selected, and ALL children of the classroom
  should be measured

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When do we measure?

• The measurement should be executed every year.
• Children Should be measured in the morning.

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Measurement team
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Role of the measurement
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Measurement environment of standing height
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Leveling of orbitomeatal plane
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Measurement of standing height
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Measurement environment of sitting height
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Measurement of sitting height
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Handling of skinfold caliper
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Measurement of skinfold thickness on clothes

• You should measure the thickness with clothes,
  and measure the thickness of clothes.

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? Triceps skinfold thickness
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? Sabscaplar skinfold thickness
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? Suplailiac skinfold thickness
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? Abdominal skinfold thickness
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? Sural skinfold thickness
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Measurement of chest circumference
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Measurement of waist circumference
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Measurement of hip circumference
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Measurement of upper arm circumference
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Measurement of sural circumference
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Evaluation of growth condition
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Standard growth curve of Thai boys
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Appearance of low weight children
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Undesirable growth pattern
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Standard height-weight curve for Thai boys
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Good Sitting Position

• Maintains good eyesight
• Prevents fatigue
• Makes good efficiency of learning
• Standard size is calculate using stature
• Desk height(cm) 6/15stature(cm)4
• Chair height(cm) 4/15stature(cm)-2

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Optimal height of desk and chair
See No.027
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Growth Environment is important

• Growth of children is affected from many
  environmental factors.
• It is important to clarify the individual growth
  environment.
• Family condition
• Social condition
• Growth condition during infant
• Teachers can understand the background of
  childrens growth.
• The information will be reflected to their health
  and learning
• We will survey of the individual growth
  environment. No.008 is the questionnaire