References of physical growth for gaúchos and catarinenses adolescents

Abstract

The objective of this study was to establish percentiles for the variables that characterize physical growth and to compare body mass and stature with criterion-referenced standards established by Marcondes (1982) for body mass and stature and, by AAHPERD (1988) for body mass index. 1420 volunteer students from public schools comprised the sample. 699 were girls and 721 were boys aged from 10.50 to 17.49 years old. Variables were processed with the Statistical Analysis System, by decimal age for each sex. It can be concluded from the results that: 90% of the sample were shown to have normal physical growth as expressed by body mass and stature (Marcondes, 1982); 84% of girls and 79% of boys do match the criterion-referenced, indicators for body mass index (AAHPERD, 1988).