Physical Health Survey Of Singapore Children Under The Age Of 12

Objective:1)To investigate and analyze possible differences in physique types and its distribution amongst children from different countries,ethnic groups and religions,which may provide valuable clinical references and bases for Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM)intervention and routine care programs.2)To substantiate the effectiveness of TCM in the modification of children’s physiques by analyzing and comparing disease outcomes and physiques after TCM treatments and physical conditionings on agreeable cases.Methods:361 children between 1 to 12 years old from 16 various countries,regions,ethnic groups and religions who reside permanently in Singapore were studied.Data from 361 children were collected and classified into various physique types using the clinical syndrome classification method.All data were input into the excel system and analyzed by SPSS 16.0 statistical software t-test or non-parametric test.Results:Gender distribution:196(54.3%)are males and 165(45.7%)are females.Religion distribution:35.2%are Buddhists,3.6%are Muslims,1.9%is Islamic and 1.7%is Christians,the remaining 57.6%are atheistic.TCM treatment:59(16%)had consulted TCM,while 302(84%)had not.Disease susceptibility:123(34%)have had hand-food-mouth disease,142(39%)have eczema or hypersensitivity conditions.Disease predisposition:282(78.1%),154(42.7%)and 3(0.8%)are prone to diseases of the TCM Lung,Spleen and Kidney systems respectively.Physique classification:51.5%were of the congenital Lung deficient type,44.3%of the congenital Spleen deficient type and 4.2%of the congenital Kidney deficient type.Correlation analysis shows that there is a certain correlation between disease tendency and constitution.Discussion:Singapore’s unique climate characteristics directly affect children’s physique,racial and religious beliefs affect children’s physique by eating habits and customs culture and other aspects,which lead more than half of Singapore children with hot constitution,lung deficiency,spleen deficient constitutions and high incidence of HFMD and allergic diseases.Children’s constitution,which affects the risk of disease,is closely related to the tendency of disease.We can Targete to regulate children’s physique and guide the clinical medication and diet to distinguish the constitution differentiation.Improving children’s constitution could be a better therapeutic option.Concurrently,willing subjects who exhibited profound susceptibility to certain clinical conditions were given TCM treatments and conditioning to comprehend its effects on health recovery and physique modification.This further validates TCM’s effectiveness and provides a scientific clinical basis for "physique adjustability".However,the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Singapore still moves slow,How to open up a broad path for the development of TCM in Singapore,It is the vision,responsibility and combined efforts of all TCM practitioners stationed in Singapore that we work towards this goal.