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2. Growth chart - Wikipedia

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   A growth chart is used by pediatricians and other health care providers to follow a child's growth over time. Growth charts have been constructed by observing the growth of large numbers of healthy children over time. The height, weight, and head circumference of a child can be compared to the expected parameters of children of the same age and ...

3. Classification of childhood weight - Wikipedia

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   The 2000 CDC growth charts - a revised version of the 1977 NCHS growth charts - are the current standard tool for health care providers and offer 16 charts (8 for boys and 8 for girls), of which BMI-for-age is commonly used for aiding in the diagnoses of childhood obesity.

4. Weight and height percentile - Wikipedia

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   Weight and height percentiles are determined by growth charts and body mass index charts to compare a child's measurements with those of other children in the same age group. By doing this, doctors can track a child's growth over time and monitor how a child is growing in relation to other children. There are different charts for boys and girls ...

5. File:CDC growth chart boys birth to 36 mths cj41c017.pdf

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   Short title: Birth to 36 months: Boys, Length-for-age and Weight-for-age percentiles: Image title: CDC Growth Charts: United States: Author: NCHS: Keywords

6. 1 in 5 children and adolescents globally have 'excess weight ...

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   Excess weight and obesity in children and adolescents continue to be a global health issue. In fact, new research published by JAMA Pediatrics finds that, worldwide, 1 in 5 people under the age of ...

7. Failure to thrive - Wikipedia

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   The diagnosis of FTT relies on plotting the child's height and weight on a validated growth chart, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts for children younger than two years old or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts for patients between the ages of two and twenty years old.