More than 6800 children from India have been adopted in Sweden over the last four decades. At arrival many were undernourished and suffered from infectious diseases. Catch-up growth was common. Unexpectedly, cases of early pubertal development were subsequently reported. In order to investigate the growth and development of adopted children more in detail we studied 114 children adopted from In...

the aim of this study was to describe and assess general anthropometric measurements and somatotypes of elite male players of iran adult handball national team and to compare these measurements with those of european elite players in different positions. 19 elite handball players of iran national handball team including goalkeepers (n=4), wing (n=4), center backs (n=2), pivots (n=2) and backs (...

OBJECTIVE Longitudinal data on boys' puberty evolution are not available in Greece and very few such studies have been reported world-wide. We present data from a longitudinal study on height, weight, BMI and age at the different pubertal stages in Greek boys. DESIGN At the start of the study 204 prepubertal boys aged 8-10 years, were enrolled. Measurements were carried out every 3-6 months f...

the purpose of this study was to survey of the physiologic and anthropometric profile of professional male gymnasts in kerman and guilan provinces and comparing them with the norm. subjects included 20 professional male gymnasts from kerman and guilan provinces with mean age 15.2±2.2 yrs, weight 51.35±13.24 kg and height 161.80±11.36 cm. data were analyzed by using descriptive and inference sta...

Associations among dust exposure, smoking habits, and demographic factors and longitudinal changes of lung function were assessed among male steel workers. Cohort descriptive data analysis was conducted in 541 steel workers who had performed spirometry at least twice between 1982 and 1991 (mean follow-up, 6.1 years). The annual change (slope) in FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC%, and in body weight was dete...