Secular Changes of Height, Body Weight and BMI of Czech Infants, Children and Youth in 1951-1991

Abstract

The paper summarizes the resluts of analyses of three basic anthropological parameters - height, body weight and BMI of Czech chlidren and adolescents from 0 to 18 years in the course of five nationwide anthropological survey from 1951 to 1991

Keywords

• secular trend
• height
• weight
• BMI
• childhood
• puberty
• growth rate
• growth acceleration
• growth pattern
• multiple linear regresion
• Fourier´s transformation