An important goal of growth monitoring is to identify genetic disorders, diseases or other
conditions that manifest themselves through an abnormal growth. The two main conditions …

Growth monitoring in infancy and childhood has been part of preventive child health
programs for more than a century in both developed and underdeveloped countries. It is a …

Comments on the important role played by body measurements in preventive and general
pediatrics, pediatric endocrinology and other research related to child health. Importance of …

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of recent guidelines from the UK joint working party of
child health surveillance recommending that all children be measured at age 5 and again …

An initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the knowledge integration project
(http://kiglobalhealth. org) aims to improve global child health by promoting and supporting …

Growth is one of the best indicators of neonatal and infant well being. By comparing the
growth of an individual infant over a period of time with available standards, the …

Growth charts describe growth curves at various percentiles that illustrate the distribution of
body measurements in children. Over many decades, growth charts have been an …

Customized fetal growth charts take account of the individual variation in the fetal growth
potential based on non-pathological maternal and fetal characteristics. Application of these …

An important goal of growth monitoring in childhood is to identify genetic disorders and
diseases. For early detection one requires adequate growth references, frequent measures …

Background Growth monitoring of apparently healthy children aims at early detection of
serious conditions by use of both clinical expertise and algorithms that define abnormal …