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ea0016p348 | Growth and development | ECE2008

Secular height changes in Greek conscripts

Fytanidis Grigorios , Papadimitriou Anastasios , Papadimitriou Dimitrios , Fytanidis Iakovos , Nicolaidou Polyxeni

Introduction: In some developed countries, the acceleration of physical development has already reached a plateau.Objective: Aim of our study was to examine whether an improvement of the body height of adult men is still observed in Greece and to correlate the body height with socio-economic and demographic factors.Research methods and procedures: The height of 3068 Greek conscripts, aged 18–26 years, was measured and analyzed...