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Item Factors influencing the nutritional status of infants and pre-school children of the urban poor(Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Wickramasinghe, N.; Gunawardena, D.G.; Wickramanayake, T.W.Morbidity and nutritional status of 200 children under 5 years of age, selected randomly from 19608families living in slum dwellings in the sity of Colombo have been related to their living conditions, per capita income of household and educational status of the mother. The incidence of diarrhoes was high in all age groups except during infancy, being very high where there was no toilet or a toilet was shared between several households, incedence of respiratory tract infections ranges from 33 to 48perc. being inversely related to the per capita floor area in dwelling. Angular stomatitis and glossitis were the main clinical manifestations of malnutrition, being highest in the 4-5 year group. The type of dwelling and the income of the household were the two most important factors determining the nutritional status at the children. The need for providing a hygienic and sanitory environment, clean drinking water and effective primary health care services, in addtion to poverty alleviation, is stressed.Item Auxology of Sri Lankan children, age 5 to 18 years 4.. is there a need for local standards?(The Sri Lanka Medical Associaion. Colombo, 1994) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.Item Auxology of Sri Lankan children age 5 to 18 years 3.. sitting height and sub-ischial leg length(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.Sitting height (SH), leg length (LL) and the rati, SH/TH have been studied in 9070 school children between 5 and 18 years, SH and LL are not influenced by ethnicity. SH, LL and the overall increment in LL are socio-economic dependent during pre-adolescence. LL velocity is greater than SH velocity during pre-adolescence , so that LL catches up with SH before puberty, which occurs earlier in children of a higher socio-economic status. Children who become tall are those with a high LL velocity during pre-adolescence and a high SH velosity after puberty. Neither poverty nor ethnicity have any influence on the relative propotion of SH to stature.Item Applicability of NCHS height-for-age weight-for-age reference values to Sri Lankan school children(Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1988) Kandiah, R.; Wickramanayake, T.W.Height-for-age sndweight-for-age of children drawn from the upper socio-economic-educational households in Sri LAnka have been compared with the corresponding NCHS reference values. Results indicate that the NCHS height-for-age reference values for children between 5 and 9 years of age are "attainable" by Sri Lankan children, except at centiles above the 75th. The NCHS weight-for-age reference value are well above the corresponding values for Sri Lankan children between 10 and 18 years of age. Between 5 and 9 years of age, Sri Lankan girls are significantly lighter than the NCHS population. There is no significant difference between weights of boys, 5 to 9 years, in the two populations. The advisability of using NCHS reference values for weight-for-height for assessing the degree of "wasting" in Sri Lankan children is questionedItem Body mass index of the Kandeganvila veddas(The Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1994) Wikramanayake, E.R.; Wickramanayake, T.W.; Chandrasekera, M.S.BMI was calculated from the heights and weights of 37 Veddas (18 males and 19 females) measured in 1971/73 when they were living at Kandeganvila, and of 247 veddas (109 males and 138 females) measured in 1993/94 at Hennanigala South of Mahaweli System 'C', ten years after their change of habitat. Significantly lower BMI's (p0.05) was observed in the preadolescent children, bth males and females, in 1993/94. In general in the adults too a trend towards lower BMI's judged by BMI, of the relocation of the Kandeganvila veddas has been detrimental.Item Some nutritionally important fatty acids in seven varieties of fish eaten in Sri Lanka(Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Liyanage, D.W.D.; Wijesundera, R.C.; Wickramanayake, T.W.The component acids of lipids extracted from the edible portions of seven marine species Sardinella longiceps, Rastrelliger kanaguria, Thunnus albacares, Scomberomorus commersoni, Caranx stellatus, Carcharhinus sp. and Raja mamillidens and one fresh water species Tilapia mossambica have been determied by gas liquid chromotography. Palmitic (C:0), palmitoleic (C 16:1), oleic (C18:1), cicosapentaenoic EPA (C 20:5 n-3) and docsahexaenoic, DHA (C 22:1 n-3) Were the most abundant fatty acids. The small pelagics have a higher content of EPA and DHA and a higher P/S ratio than the larger and more expensive pelagic speciesItem Quantitative evaluation of radioisotopic renograms(Ceylon Medical Association. Colombo, 1975) Gembicki, M.; Piyasena, R.D.; Wickramanayake, T.W.; Herath, K.B.Item Food beliefs and practices among Sri Lankans Part II:weaning practices among Sinhalese(National Science Council:Colombo, 1982) Karaliedde, S.; Weerasinghe, C.; Wickramanayake, T.W.Item Auxology of Sri Lankan children aged 5 to 18 years 2.. quetelet's body mass index(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Wickramanayake, T.W.; Amarasinghe, S.Item Human cord blood and colostrum:immunoglobulin levels(Sri Lanka Medical Association:Colombo, 1976) Dissanayake, S.; Samaranayake, L.P.; Wickramanayake, T.W.