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BMI of adolescent girls by age in the (a) Nepal and (b) Ecuador studies within the Nutrition of Adolescent Girls Research Program of the International Center for Research on Women. (●), 50th Percentile of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference data (Hammill et al. 1979); (■), adolescent data from Nepal or Ecuador; (▲), 5th percentile of the NCHS reference data. Kurtz K. Adolescent nutritional status in developing countries. Proc Nut Soc. 1996;55:321–331
