身高体重表常用来作为判断儿童身体发育水平的尺度。为了制订一个适合当前应用的身体发育评价表,作者于1970～1972年对西德Dortmund市具有社会各阶层代表性的3,500名健康儿童进行了身高体重的调查,并将其调查资料与过去常用的15种身高体重表相互比较。结果表明,从1893年至1972年身高体重的比例关系 Height weight scale commonly used as a yardstick to determine the level of physical development of children. In order to develop a body-development assessment form suitable for the current application, the author surveyed height and weight of 3,500 healthy children from all walks of life in Dortmund, West Germany, between 1970 and 1972, and compared their survey data with those used in the past 15 kinds of height and weight table compared with each other. The results showed a proportional relationship between height and weight from 1893 to 1972