ABSTRACT

This investigation is aimed to update characteristics of static anthropometric measurements of Turkish primary school children aged between 7 and 12. In this purpose, the study groups consist of 246 boys and 198 girls in total: 41 boys and 33 girls from each age group between 7 and 12. As a result, 19 different measurements and their arithmetic means and standard deviations were determined of children for boys and girls separately. The ages of children and measurements were compared and correlation equations were defined for each value and indicated the 3rd, 10th, 25th, 75th, 90th and 97th percentile values of each anthropometric measurement. These findings can be used for any kind of new design and also these findings are suggested for using references for Turkish primary school children. Accordingly, the new definition is suggested as “variable standard values” instead of static standards which are used for all times.