Anthropometric And Reproductive Characteristics Of Girls And Women In Kumana Chiefdom, Kauru Local Government Area Of Kaduna State, Nigeria

📄 Project Abstract

Growth after birth may be characterized by five stages of life, which include infancy, childhood, juvenile, adolescence and adulthood. Puberty is the process of change that occur in the body of girls, in which the body matures into adulthood. It is associated with the development of sexual characteristics as the most notable morphological changes. Menarche as a very important reproductive phenomenal changes in the life of a female was first introduced by Kish in 1910 and is defined as the first menstruation that occur in the female taking into account as the age of her puberty and maturation. Another important aspect in the reproductive life of the female that ends with some degree of suddenness is menopause. Anthropometric data are very important and have direct relationship with medical conditions of the individual. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the anthropometric and reproductive characteristics of girls and women in Kumana Chiefdom, Kauru Local G...