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Background: This study is aimed to examine the appropriacy of school furniture to Iranian pupils′ anthropometric features. Methods: The participants in this cross-sectional study were 493 boys and 489 girls with the age-range of 7 to 12 years who were selected through a multistage random cluster sampling procedure. Age, weight, height, and anthropometric dimensions were determined. Results: This study indicates that there is a significant difference between the minimum and maximum acceptable dimensions and those of the available furniture (p < 0.001). Conclusions: In designing suitable furniture for pupils the anthropometric differences of age and gender must be tak-en into account.