Abstract: Body measurements of 1 920 Daur students at the age from 7 to 18 are reported. The 6 items of measurements are stature, sitting height, body weight, chest circumference, shoulder breadth and pelvic breadth. Twelve constitutional indices were calculated. The indices include stature- sitting height index, Quetelet index,stature- chest circumference index, stature-shoulder breadth index, Vervaeck index, shoulder breadth-pelvic breadth index, Erismann index, Broca index, Pelidisiindex, R ohrer index and Livi index. Comparisons with other nationalities show that Daur nationality can be considered as one nationality with high level of body buildin China. The secular growth trend of Daur adolescents in the past decade was observed.

Key words: Anthropometry; Growth; Development; Body type; Daur nationality