Anthropometry of Indonesian Sundanese children and the development of clothing size system for Indonesian Sundanese children aged 6-10 year

•Standard clothing size for Indonesian children is absent.•Forty-nine anthropometry dimensions of Indonesian Sundanese children were measured, following ISO 8559/1989.•Clothing size standard for Indonesian Sundanese children is proposed.

The design of clothing that consider anthropometry approach is important. The purpose of this study is to describe anthropometry of school children aged 6-10 year in Indonesia related to clothing size and determine clothing size system for Indonesian children for this age range. Six hundred and fifty-four Sundanese children were involved in this study (mean age = 7.86 year, SD = 1.22 year, 339 female). Forty-nine anthropometry dimensions were measured consisting of 28 upper body dimensions and 21 of lower body dimensions. Descriptive statistic of the anthropometry data is presented. Standard clothing size system for Indonesian Sundanese children is proposed based on principal component analysis and implications of the result are discussed.