By Xinhua
Seoul : The average height of South Korea’s teen students rose two to three centimetres over the past decade, while their average weight is on the decline in many age groups, the education ministry has said.
According to the ministry, the height increases over the past decade amounted to 3.32 cm for male sixth graders (12-13 years old), three centimetres for female sixth graders, 3.14 cm for male ninth graders (15-16 years old), 1.08 cm for female ninth graders.
Compared with data filed two decades ago, the Korean teen students’ average heights rose by up to 8.05 cm, the ministry said.
By contrast, the average weight of local teen students marked a downturn in year-on-year increases, while an outright year-on-year decline was witnessed in some age groups, said the ministry.