• SHITAL R SODHA
• Dr. NILAMBARI DAVE

Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood. It is a time of rapid change and difficult challenges. Menarche is an unforgettable event in adolescent girls. It denotes the start of reproductive capacity. With varying rate the age at menarche has been getting earlier in all over the world. The menarcheal time is associated with the health of the adolescent girls. The aim of this study was to find out the present age at menarche among porbandar girls and to correlate with physical variables. This study was performed in three schools of Porbandar. The inclusion criterion was adolescent girls aged between 9 to 14 years who underwent menarche. Every girl was subjected to anthropometric assessment including weight, height, mid upper arm circumference (MUAC), waist circumference and hip circumference. Body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage (BF %) were calculated. Median age at menarche was 11.89  1.21 years. 39% of menstruating girls were found underweight whereas 44% of menstruating girls were found with normal weight. Minimum age of menarche was 108 month and maximum with 168 month.27% of girls had an average body fat and 20% of girls were over fat. According to waist hip ratio 34% of girls were at below risk category.

Menarche, Adolescent, Physical Measures

"EFFECT OF PHYSICAL MEASURES ON MENARCHEAL AGE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.1100-1103, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907298.pdf

"EFFECT OF PHYSICAL MEASURES ON MENARCHEAL AGE", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp1100-1103, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907298.pdf