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Item Preconceptional care of women at booking visit at De Soysa maternity hospital and Castle street hospital for women(Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 2003) Wickremasinghe, V.P.; Prageeth, P.P.C.; Pulleperuma, D.S.P.; Pushpakumara, K.S.R.Item Dietary practices of pregnant mothers from different ethnic groups in the Batticaloa district, Sri Lanka(Faculty of Agriculture, Eastern University:Chenkalady, 2017) Amuthenie, S.; Sivakanesan, R.Item Study of anthropometric indices used in identifying beneficiaries of food supplementation programmes(Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1987) Fernando, D.N.; Rajapakse, L.C.Anthropometric data obtained by measuring school children in the second year in school in a defined area was used to study the relative usefulness of the commonly used anthrometric indices and modes of presentation. Indices using height, though providing more information, seem not very practicable to be determined routinely at field level. An identifying beneficiaries of an intervention programme. It seems most appropriate to use the index weight for age and consider those below the third percentile to be the beneficiaries of such programmes, as this is likely to identify almost all moderately and severely undernourished. Such an identification is important as a preventive and promotive activity aimed at reducing the problem of undernutrition among children.Item A comparison of nutritional status of primary school children in two settlements in the Polonnaruwa district(University of Colombo. Colombo, 2003) Siyambalagoda, R.R.M.L.R.; Perera, P.A.J.; Wickremasinghe, A.R.; Sumanaweera, N.P.Item මී ගවයා සහ එළ ගවයාගේ ශරීර තත්වය ප්රමිතකරණය(NARESA:Colombo; 5p, 1998) NARESAItem Auxology of Sri Lankan children, age 5 to 18 years 1.. height, weight and growth increments(Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1989) Amarasinghe, S.; Wikramanayake, T.W.Height and weight of 8,610 children, age 5 to 18 years, have been measured and their height and weight increments calculated. Differences in height and weights of the two major ethnic groups, Sinhalese and tamils were not significant. There were marked differences due to varying socio-ecomic-educational levels, especially in the age groups 5 to 10 years . There has been marked secular change in heights and weights during the past 50 years, the increase being more marked among the lower socio-economic groups than among the affluent.Item The ratio, birth weight to maternal weight, as an index of maturity of neonate(1987) Wimalawansa, S.J.; Wikramanayake, T.W.The suitability of the ratio, birth weight of maternal weight as an indicator of an infant at risk, has been investigated. The ratio correlates significantly with weight gain during pregnancy and the socio-economic ststus of the mother. The ration is a more adequate indicator of a neonate at risk than birth weight alone. It is suggested that a birth weight of less than 5.5perc. of the weight of the mother during the first trimester be used by a birth-attendant as an indicator for referral to a more qualified person, when the mother is of low body weight and of poor nutritional statusItem Association between nutritional status and lifestyle practices of primary school children in the Colombo District:a pilot study(Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya:Peradeniya, 2011) Thilakarathne, R.M.L.R.; Wijesinghe, D.G.N.G.Item Mean age at menarche in 17 districts of Sri Lanka. is there a secular trend?(SLMA. Colombo, 1990) Balasuriya, S.Item Factors affecting weight gain during and the growth of the infant(Sri Lanka Medical Association. Colombo, 1987) Wimalawansa, S.J.; Wikramanayake, T.W.