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American children, both white and black, ranked among the biggest in the world in 1973, according to U.S. Public Health Service data on children ages six to eleven. White American children were in the top group,— both in height and weight— compared to European children. A steady increase occurred over the past ninety years, with children 10 percent taller and 15 percent to 30 percent heavier, on the average. At age six boys were slightly taller and heavier, but by age eleven the girls caught up and were larger. Boys of both races were the same height, but white boys were slightly heavier than their black peers. Black girls were taller than white girls their age. Although they weighed slightly less until age, eleven, black girls then became heavier than white girls. Comparing urban to rural areas found no significant difference of height or weight among children...
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