Physical Growth and Inter-relationship of Arm Span and Height of School Going Children

The study examines the growth pattern and relationship of arm span and height of 5–10 years of children based on a cross sectional sample from different schools of Chandigarh. Purposive sampling technique was used for both selection of schools and subjects and a total of 326 subjects (162 boys and 164 girls) belonging to affluent families according to Kuppuswamy's Scale were enrolled. Height, body weight and arm span were measured. The overall gender differences in the body weight, height and arm span were found to be nonsignificant. A high co-relation was found between height and arm span for both boys and girls which suggests that arm span can be used as surrogate for height.