The Mean Body Weight, Height, and Circumferences Chest, Northwest Vietnam 2012- 2016

Abstract

This paper presents trends in the North Vietnam estimates of mean weight, height, and chest circumference of the Vietnamese people survey between 2012 and 2016. Results showed that the weight of children aged 6 to 19 followed a rule of body growth. There was an increase in body weight with an increase of age. However, mean body weight values of boy and girl children are difference (P<0.05). Height varies with different age groups and sex (p<0.05). Chest circumference of Vietnam children was lower than many people in the world (P<0.05). The growth of children follow rules of body growth of Vietnamese people. The difference in these anthropometric indexes values between age groups from 6 to 19. The difference in the results of average anthropometry indexes between boys and girls.