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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1970;13(3):147-152. Published online March 31, 1970.

A Study on Hemoglobin, Body Weight, and Height of Vegetarian School Clildren

Yung Kul Chung¹, Sung Wuk Choi¹

¹Dept, of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ptisan National University

Abstract

The hemoglobin, body weight and height were studied on 504 of Seventh-day Adventist School children comparing between vegetarian and non-vegetarian. Though average of hemoglobin of vegetarian children was higher than that of non-vegetarian children, but the statistical analysis revealed no significant difference. And the comparison of body weight and height revealed no significant difference between two groups.

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