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Heights and weights of Jamaican schoolchildren of various ethnic groups
Author(s) -
Ashcroft M. T.,
Heneage P.,
Lovell H. G.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330240105
Subject(s) - ethnic group , demography , race (biology) , racial group , geography , body height , ethnic origin , medicine , sociology , gender studies , body weight , anthropology
In Kingston, Jamaica, it is possible to disentangle racial and environmental factors, both of which influence the size of children, because secondary school children, of similar socio‐economic status, can be grouped as being predominantly of African, European, Afro‐European or Chinese racial origin. The heights and weights of about 5,000 children, aged 11 to 17 years, were measured. The stature of Africans, Afro‐Europeans and Europeans was similar, indicating that in Jamaica the potential height of the African is at least as great as that of the European race. Chinese were consistently smaller than the others, a difference due to inherited racial factors.