Child Development and Ecology of Hilltribes in Thailand

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1. We have conducted to the field survey on the growth and nutritional status by age and sex of the Karen children who live at Tungloi village, Omkoi district, and the Hmong children who live at Chaomaeruang village, Maelim district, in Chiangmai province in Northern Thailand, and the Lao children who live at Nahkrasaem village, Det-Udon district in Ubonratchathani province, in Northeastern Thailand.Their anthropometric dimension, physique and somatotypes, were measured and evaluated for about 3.000 chidldren, 7-18 years of age in the context of age and ethnic differences in distributions during childhood and adolescence.In this present field survey, we have calculated these data with special reference to Lao's anthropometric mcsurements on 69 items, 7 to 18 years of age, and should publish the article on titled, Changes in Somatotype during Growth in Lao Children 7-18 Years of Age' in the next physcal year.2. We have administered the interview and the questionnaire survey regarding the attitude toward HIV/AIDS in the same as above regions and ethnic groups.