Physiological Tools for Evaluating Growth Status of Migrating Salmon

The growth status and weight status of Chinese children have experienced remarkable changes in the past decades. Using China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data, this paper examines the secular trends and disparity of the growth status and weight status in Chinese children and further investigates the impact of various family environments on children’s growth from 1991 to 2011. We found an increasing trend in standardized growth indicators (height, weight, and BMI), overweight, and obesity from 1991 to 2011. We also observed an increasing disparity in overweight and obesity over time. Family environments had a significant impact on children’s growth status and weight status. In particular, children that live in families with a small size, higher family income, better sanitary conditions, and with well-educated parents or overweight parents tended to be taller and heavier and have a higher BMI, lower risk of being underweight, and higher risk of exhibiting overweight and obesity. Further decomposition analysis showed that more than 70% of the disparity in standardized height, weight, and overweight and around 50% of the disparity in standardized BMI, underweight, and obesity could be attributed to heterogeneity in family environments. Moreover, the disparity associated with family environments tended to increase over time.

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Agricultural Support Policies and China’s Cyclical Evolutionary Path of Agricultural Economic Growth

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13116134 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 6134

Author(s):

Xiangdong Guo ◽

Pei Lung ◽

Jianli Sui ◽

Ruiping Zhang ◽

Chao Wang

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Economic ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

Animal Husbandry ◽

Agricultural Policies ◽

Growth Trend ◽

Agricultural Economy ◽

Growth Status ◽

Growth Regime ◽

Agricultural Support

Due to the weak nature of agricultural production, governments usually adopt supportive policies to protect food security. To discern the growth of agriculture from 2001 to 2018 under China’s agricultural support policies, we use the nonlinear MS(M)-AR(p) model to distinguish China’s agricultural economic cycle into three growth regimes—rapid, medium, and low—and analyze the probability of shifts and maintenance among the different regimes. We further calculated the average duration of each regime. Moreover, we calculated the growth regime transfers for specific times. In this study, we find that China’s agricultural economy has maintained a relatively consistent growth trend with the support of China’s proactive agricultural policies. However, China’s agricultural economy tends to maintain a low-growth status in the long-term. Finally, we make policy recommendations for agricultural development based on our findings that continue existing agricultural policies and strengthen support for agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry.

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A Growth Status Measurement Pilot in Four Calgary Area Schools

The Journal of School Nursing ◽

10.1177/1059840510394188 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 61-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

J. Cyne T. Johnston ◽

Deborah A. McNeil ◽

Maureen Best ◽

Cheryl MacLeod

Keyword(s):

Growth Status

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A study on health status of school children in rural northeast Thailand. (1). Physical growth status and biochemical blood status.

Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi (Japanese Journal of Hygiene) ◽

10.1265/jjh.42.954 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 42 (5) ◽

pp. 954-963

Author(s):

Mieko Kimura ◽

Hiroyuki Asakura ◽

Masahiro Matumoto ◽

Masaru Morikawa ◽

Yutaka Midorikawa ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Status ◽

School Children ◽

Physical Growth ◽

Northeast Thailand ◽

Growth Status

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Growth status of children and adolescents born small for gestational age at full term in Korea: data from the KNHANES-V

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism ◽

10.1515/jpem-2019-0471 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 33 (6) ◽

pp. 743-750

Author(s):

Ji Hyun Kim ◽

Dong Ho Kim ◽

Jung Sub Lim

Keyword(s):

Short Stature ◽

Gestational Age ◽

Small For Gestational Age ◽

Nationwide Survey ◽

Population Based ◽

Full Term ◽

Stunted Growth ◽

Growth Status ◽

Health And Nutrition ◽

Parental Height

AbstractObjectivesSmall for gestational age (SGA) status is known to show stunted growth and results in short stature in adults. The aim of this study was to describe the current short stature in subjects born SGA in Korea and to assess catch-up growth (CUG) or non-CUG.MethodsWe analyzed data from 3,524 subjects (1,831 male) aged 1–18 years who were born as full-term singletons and who participated in the Fifth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010–2011).ResultsThe prevalence of SGA was 13.4% (n=471). Subjects born SGA had fathers with shorter height, shorter mother’s height, and mid-parental height than non-SGA subjects (p<0.05 for all). The odds ratios (ORs) for SGA birth of a short statured father and a short statured mother were 2.00 (95% CI; 1.15–3.47) and 2.11 (95% CI; 1.30–3.40), respectively. Among 471 SGA subjects, 28 subjects (5.9%) were non-CUG, which made up 36.4% of all subjects with short stature. The CUG subjects had a higher father's height, mother’s height, mid-parental height, and current BMI (p<0.05 for all). The non-CUG subjects had a higher percentage of fathers being near-short stature (height<10th percentile; 33.3 vs. 12.7%; p=0.008) and mothers being near-short stature (39.3 vs. 13.9%; p<0.001).ConclusionKorean subjects born SGA had a higher risk of current short stature. This population-based nationwide survey also showed that both father’s and mother’s short stature are risk factors of not only SGA birth but also non-CUG in their children.

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Factors affecting the course of body and kidney growth in infants with urolithiasis: A critical long-term evaluation

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia ◽

10.4081/aiua.2016.4.249 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 88 (4) ◽

pp. 249 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kemal Sarica ◽

Fatma Narter ◽

Kubilay Sabuncu ◽

Ahmet Akca ◽

Utku Can ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Feeding ◽

Clinical Course ◽

Stone Disease ◽

The Body ◽

Renal Growth ◽

Related Factors ◽

Growth Status ◽

Long Term Follow Up

Objective: To investigate the possible effects of dietary, patient and stone related factors on the clinical course of the stone disease as well as the body and renal growth status of the infants. Patients and Methods: A total of 50 children with an history of stone disease during infancy period were studied. Patient (anatomical abnormalities, urinary tract infection - UTI, associated morbidities), stone (obstruction, UTI and required interventions) and lastly dietary (duration of sole breast feeding, formula feeding) related factors which may affect the clinical course of the disease were all evaluated for their effects on the body and renal growth during long-term follow-up. Results: Mean age of the children was 2.40 ± 2.65 years. Our findings demonstrated that infants receiving longer period of breast feeding without formula addition seemed to have a higher rate of normal growth percentile values when compared with the other children. Again, higher frequency of UTI and stone attacks affected the growth status of the infants in a remarkable manner than the other cases. Our findings also demonstrated that thorough a close follow-up and appropriately taken measures; the possible growth retardation as well as renal growth problems could be avoided in children beginning to suffer from stone disease during infancy period. Conclusions: Duration of breast feeding, frequency of UTI, number of stone attacks and stone removal procedures are crucial factors for the clinical course of stone disease in infants that may affect the body as well as kidney growth during long-term follow-up.

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