Juvenile and Adolescent Growth among School Children of Balija's of AP

Growth studies are important as they provide valuable information not only on the growth trends of children but also bring about the overall health situation of various communities. Thus, these studies also indicate the nation's progress in the field of health and education. The present study is taken up in this background and focused on the childhood growth of boys belonging to the same caste group i.e., Balija, to describe their growth trends of various growth traits and to describe size and shape changes during the period of childhood. As the entire study was covered in a period of one month it has been necessary to limit the study to 485 subjects.