Parental body build and developmental progress in the offspring.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 132 ·No. 3439 ·1960-11-25 ·Pages 1555-6

GARN SM, CLARK A, LANDKOF L, NEWELL L

Abstract

Children selected for study according to the body build of their parents were found to differ in rate of growth and in timing of osseous development. Boys and girls with large-chested parents were taller and heavier during the growing period and were more advanced in skeletal development than offspring of narrow-chested parents.

Keywords

GROWTH/in infancy and childhood

MeSH Terms

Biological Phenomena Body Mass Index Bone Development Child Female Growth Humans Infant Male Parents Somatotypes

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

GARN S M

CLARK A

LANDKOF L

NEWELL L

Article Info

Journal

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Abbr.

Science

ISSN

0036-8075

DOI

10.1126/science.132.3439.1555

Published

1960-11-25

Pages

1555-6

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0404511

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1126/science.132.3439.1555 View journal details

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