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related to adolescent growth of rural children from six villages near Pune in the longitudinal study carried out during 19921998. It was observed that children who were underweight as well as stunted near take-off, have significantly lower attained values of weight and height as compared to their normal counterpart throughout adolescence (figure 2). In fact, the differences at the start (11 yrs age) in weight (4 kg) and height (8 cm) almost increased to 12 kg and 10 cm by adulthood. Entering adolescence with poor nutritional status thus hampers the capacity for catch-up growth and affects final adult size. the velocity curves for normal and undernourished boys (figure 3). It was observed that the differences in the maximum velocity for weight or height were not prominent but were significant for ages at which maximum velocity occurs. Thus, more than growth rates, the timing of peak height/weight velocity was more sensitive to undernutrition. As a result of undernutrition the velocity curve shifts to the right showing significant gains at later ages both in girls and boys. Despite this, it was worth- |
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