由於社會進步,國民營養亦較往日爲佳、兒童生長狀況亦有改善。所以,我們自民國76年7月至77年12月底,在台灣地區各大醫院健兒門診以及幼稚園進行l個月大到7歲未滿兒童的身高、體重調查,以民國76年教育部體育司所頒發身高體重標準測量法爲依據,一人一次爲限,共有1個月至6歲9個月兒童19,625名受測。地區分佈爲北部6,900名、中部6,002名、南部3,375名、東部3,348名,其中男童有9,564名,女童有10,061名,我們將所有兒童依年齡及性別共分成64組,每組皆求其平均值及標凖偏差值。然後再配合民國76年4月教育部所進行的全國7至18歲青少年身高體重調查報告值,試繪76年至77年台灣地區兒童生長曲線圖。
From July 1987 to December 1988, 19,625 children in Taiwan were measured for their body weights and heights. They were 9,564 boys and 10,061 girls and were seen either in a well baby clinic of a large community hospital or in the local kindergartens. We divided these children into 64 groups according to their sex and ages. The mean values and standard deviation of body weight and height were tried to correlate with those from children of school age reported for 1987 by the Ministry of Education. Further more, body weight and height growth curves were drawn for these children, aged from 1 month to 18 years.