An anthropometric study of stature among the Nath Girls of Kamrup District, Assam
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Human physical growth, Nath, cross-sectional studyAbstract
The study of physical growth in different human populations is one of the central themes in biological anthropology. One of the main objectives of the physical growth studies is to understand the process of human evolution and variation. In this present paper an attempt has been made to understand the growth of stature among the Nath girls of three Nath inhabited villages of Kamrup district, Assam. The name of the studied villages is Changsari, Dalang and Saraighat. This study consists of the measurements of 380 Nath girls from 4 years to 18 years. The present study is a cross-sectional and the measurements were collected as prescribed by the Martin. In this paper an attempt has been made to study the adolescent growth spurt, percentage of growth per annum and growth gradient. An attempt has also made to compare the present study with the Indian rural girls (ICMR, 1989) and National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS) data.
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