Measuring Race and Nation: Pediatric Anthropometry and Child Growth Charts in the Philippines (1909–2008)

• Main Author: Lasco, Gideon; University
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2023
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol71/iss1/3; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1153/viewcontent/Measuring_20Race_20and_20Nation_20_5Bvol._2071_20no._201_20_282023_29_2037_E2_80_9352_5D.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This essay traces the development of pediatric anthropometry in the Philippines. During the American colonial and early postcolonial periods, anthropometric data based on the physical attributes of American childrenwere used to measure the growth of Filipino children. Then from the 1960s to 1980s, t...