TABLE II.-Percentage distributions according to weight, by age, sex, and nutrition groups. [Percentage distributions according to weight of children in each age group of good or excellent nutrition compared with those of fair or poor nutrition as judged from clinical evidence.] (9,973 children of native white parents in South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New York.) BOYS. TABLE II.-Percentage distributions according to weight, by age, sex, and nutrition groups-Continued. TABLE III.-Percentage distributions according to standing height, by age, sex, and nutrition groups. [Percentage distributions according to standing height of children in each age group of good or excellent nutrition compared with those of fair or poor nutrition as judged from clinical evidence.] (9,973 children of native white parents in South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New York.) TABLE IV.-Percentage distributions according to sitting height, by age, sex, and nutrition groups. [Percentage distributions according to sitting height of children in each age group of good or excellent nutrition, compared with those of fair or poor nutrition as judged from clinical evidence.] (9,973 children of native white parents in South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New York.) PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN It was noted with reference to Figure 1 that on the average the children of "good" or "excellent" nutrition were larger in weight and in standing and sitting height than children of "fair" or "poor" WEIGHT AND HEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS IN RELATION TO NUTRITION PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTIONS ACCORDING TO WEIGHT, STANDING HEIGHT AND SITTING HEIGHT OF CHILDREN OF GOOD OR EXCELLENT NUTRITION COMPARED WITH CHILDREN OF FAIR OR POOR NUTRITION As JUDGED FROM CLINICAL EVIDENCE NUTRITION GOOD OR EXCELLENT ------- NUTRITION FAIP OR POOR WEIGHT (5 POUND CLASSES) 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 10 120 130 140 150 wded wwwwwwwwwwwwww STANDING HEIGHT (2 INCH CLASSE SITTING HEIGHT (1 INCH CLASSES 40 44 48 $2 56 60 68 BOYS TTT TT 22. 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 TYT nutrition. In Figure 2 the distributions of these two nutrition groups of children according to weight and according to standing and sitting height are compared for different sex and age groups. Although |