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The influence of dietary restriction on body configuration
Author(s) -
BAKWIN HARRY,
BAKWIN RUTH MORRIS,
MILGRAM LILLIAM
Publication year - 1936
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1936.tb06435.x
Subject(s) - medicine , body weight , group (periodic table) , body height , pediatrics , demography , statistics , endocrinology , mathematics , chemistry , organic chemistry , sociology
Summary 1. The body configurations of two groups of infants, of the same economic status and racial origin, were compared. One group, supervised in a special clinic, grew in length and weight as well as did supervised infants from a better economic environment. The unsupervised group was delayed in growth of both length and weight. 2. Accompanying the delay in growth of the unsupervised group, statistically reliable changes in body configuration occurred. The changes observed correspond to those which have been described as attributes of the linear type of body build.