In The Nutrition and Health Survey of Taiwan Elementary School Children (NAHSIT Children 2001~2002), erythrocyte activity coefficients of transketolase (ETKAC) and glutathione reductase (EGRAC) were chosen as indices for assessing the functional status of thiamin and riboflavin nutriture. Mean values of the ETKAC for boys and girls, both of which were in a normal range, were 1.07+/-0.00 and 1.0...

BACKGROUND There is a well-documented gender difference in offending, with evidence that boys, on average, are more involved in crime than girls. Opinions differ, however, on whether the causes of crime apply to girls and boys similarly. AIMS Our aim is to explore crime propensity in boys and girls. Our research questions were (1) are there differences between boys and girls in moral values a...

PURPOSE To compare semiological characteristics, precipitating stress factors and psychiatric diagnoses of girls and boys with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNESs). METHODS We retrospectively reviewed medical records of children diagnosed with PNES and who also underwent psychiatric evaluation. Sixty-two children (44 girls, 18 boys), aged 11-18 years (mean age 14.19 ± 1.96 years) were in...

In a generally low-income group of 4,888 White boys and girls, 740 obese children (above the 85th percentile for the triceps fatfold) stand systematically taller, by 0.64 2 scores, than 840 lean boys and girls (below the 15th percentile for fatness) a difference increasing to 1 S.D. at ages 11-12, suggesting a direct effect of the level of fatness on standing height and a cumulative fatness-rel...

OBJECTIVE Although boys are frequently reported to have flatter feet than girls, there has been little systematic research to confirm or explain this structural difference between the genders. The objective of this study was to determine whether flat-footedness was moderated by gender in Australian preschool children and, if so, to determine the cause of this between-gender difference in struct...

Gender is an important factor in child development. Especially in sub-Saharan Africa, girls have often been shown to be less likely to access education compared to boys. The consequence of this has been that that programmes addressing child development are often aimed at girls in order to redress gender imbalances. This study examines the effect of gender on the development of children attendin...

OBJECTIVE To investigate age and sex variations in undernutrition using mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) cut-off values among 2016 (930 boys and 1086 girls). 3-5 years old rural children of Bengalee ethnicity at 66 Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Centers of Nadia District, West Bengal, India. METHODS In a cross sectional study in west Bengal of India, MUAC was measured using st...

This experimental study investigated whether computer games help in teaching Mathematics to children with mental retardation and whether computer games help equally both boys and girls. The quasi-experimental two-group pre & post test design was used for the study. The results obtained through ANCOVA were in favor of Computer games for both boys and girls. However, boys seemed to benefit more f...