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Department of Public Health Medicine, UMDS, St
Thomas's Campus, London SE1 7EH
Correspondence to: and reprint requests to: Mr Hughes.
Accepted 16 September 1996
AIM
To monitor the growth of 5 to 11 year old
English and Scottish children from 1972 to 1994. No similar data are
available from any other study.
DESIGNMixed longitudinal.
SUBJECTSIn England 7000 children were sampled in
the first year, falling to 5000. In Scotland the original sample was
2000 but this was enlarged later to 3500.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTSHeight, weight, weight
for height index, and triceps skinfold thickness.
RESULTSHeight of English children in most age
groups increased by more than 1 cm and by more than 2 cm in Scotland
during the period 1972 to 1994. Triceps skinfold measurement increased
by almost 8% in 7 year old English boys and by 7% in 7 year old
girls. In Scotland triceps skinfold measurement increased by nearly
10% in 7 year old boys and by 11% in 7 year old girls. Weight for height index followed a similar pattern.
CONCLUSIONChildren in England and Scotland are
becoming taller for a given age. The increases in fatness indicate an
urgent need for realistic interventions for reductions in obesity in
the whole population. As weight for height index is less sensitive
than skinfold thickness we recommend triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness measurements for monitoring obesity in children.
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