Measurement of height of schoolchildren in India

  • John & Penny Hubley
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Measurement of height of schoolchildren in India. John & Penny Hubley. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Anthropometry: measurement of height The picture shows schoolchildren in Kerala, India, lined up in height order as part of a school health programme. Height-for-age (HFA) of a sample of children is often used to help assess the nutritional status of a population. The prevalence of low HFA or stunting gives a combined overall measure of long term nutritional, health and socioeconomic status of a community.

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