A survey of height and weight of children and adolescents iI Kerman ,Iran, in 1997

The aim of this study was to determine the height(Ht) and weight(Wr) of Kermanian student aged 6-17 years.for this purpose in a cross- sectional study by a multi- stage sampling method,3419 healthy girls and 3287 healthy boys were studied for Ht and Wt. For a more precise evaluation of results the students were divided into two groups: 6-10 ( first group) and 11-17 years old( second group). In the first group there was no significant difference between the Ht and the Wt of girls and boys, but only the 6 years old boys were taller and heavier than their peers ( p