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            "Data based on anthropometric measurement of primary and secondary students attending student health service centres of the Department of Health.  Growth charts constructed in 1993 were used in student health service for growth monitoring.  Wasting is defined as body weight less than 80% of the median weight-for-height for male students with height between 55 and 175 cm and for female students with height between 55 and 165 cm; and body mass index less than 18.5 for male students with height larger than 175 cm and for female students with height larger than 165 cm.  These growth standards were developed locally according to the findings of a territory-wide survey on 25 000 individuals ranging from birth to 18 years old conducted in 1993 by the Department of Health, the Hospital Authority and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.",
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