Designation:D5826–00StandardTablesofBodyMeasurementsforChildren,Sizes2to6x/71ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD5826;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.INTRODUCTIONThesetablesweredevelopedfromdatapublishedbytheU.S.DepartmentofCommerce.ThesedatawerebasedonoriginalresearchconductedbytheU.S.DepartmentofAgriculture2inthe1930s.Thesetablestakeintoconsiderationchildren’sgrowthpatternsreflectedinthe1980chartsfortheNationalCenterforHealthStatistics3andthe1977AnthropometricStudyofU.S.InfantsandChildrenconductedbytheUniversityofMichigan.4Allsuddenshiftsofproportionhavebeeneliminatedsoastoreflectthegradualgrowthanddevelopmentofthechild.Alimitedsamplingofchildrenwasmeasuredandfittedwithgarmentsmadeasdirectedinthesetablestoverifytheproposedbodymeasurements.1.Scope1.1Thesetableslistbodymeasurementsofchildren,sizes2to6x/7.Althoughthesemeasurementsarebodymeasurements,theycanbeusedasabaselineindesigningapparelforchildreninthisagerangewhentakingintoaccountsuchfactorsasfabrictype,easeforbodymovement,styling,andfit.1.2Thevaluesstatedineitheracceptablemetricunitsorotherunitsshallberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemmustbeusedindependentlyoftheother,withoutcombiningvaluesinanyway.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:D123TerminologyRelatingtoTextiles5D5219TerminologyRelatingtoBodyDimensionsforApparelSizing62.2ISOStandard:ISO3635SizeDesignationofClothes,Definitions,andBodyMeasurementProcedures73.Terminology3.1Definitions:3.1.1Fordefinitionsrelatingtobodydi...
