… of decisions about growth monitoring. This review highlights the paucity of rigorous trials
to determine the impact of growth monitoring separately from the impact of growth promotion. …

… growth monitoring programmes are rarely made explicit, and vary.2 We therefore first explored
growth monitoring … on nutritional status may reflect a true absence of impact, or the result …

… growth monitoring with validated evidence-based tools. This standardisation requires answering
two key and interconnected questions underlying growth monitoring… growth be defined? …

… We sought to evaluate research evidence of its impact. This requires definition, consideration
of the setting, and discussion of the intended e ects of this activity. In this review, we define …

… All patients exhibited steroid related complications including Cushingoid features, growth …
There was no evidence of hypertension, hepatotoxicity, or neurotoxicity. The side eVect …

… charts are kept, Ashworth and Feachem [14] reviewed the impact of growth monitoring on
the reduction of diarrhoea morbidity and mortality or severity either by improving the nutritional …

… Even with several measurements, a formal growth monitoring programme between the
ages of 5 and 12 years would have only a modest impact on the age of diagnosis of cases not …

… Controversies over the inclusion of growth monitoring in child health … on the poor
implementation of growth monitoring and its … the evidence for the importance of growth …

… such as impact and coverage documented. Despite its wide use growth monitoring remains
… the fact that interpretation of growth charts could be difficult even for post-graduate doctors. …

OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the effectiveness of the growth monitoring and promotion (GMP)
program in Zambia. METHODS: A 3-mo prospective study of growth outcomes was …