Adequate nutrition during the early years of life is of paramount importance for growth,
development, and long-term health through adulthood. It is during infancy and early …

The aim of this paper was to present the growth standards for children aged 0-5 years-which
is a new tool for the assessment of health, growth and nutritional status recommended by …

Dear Editor, Van den Broeck et al. commented on the expected impact of the new growth
standards:“The full scope of this effect will gradually become clear while researchers, similar …

Background: Growth references are useful for the screening, assessment and monitoring of
individual children as well as for evaluating various growth promoting interventions that …

Abstract In 2006 and 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) released two sets of child
growth standards (World Health Organization, WHO Child Growth Standards. Methods and …

Background Child growth is internationally recognized as an important indicator of
nutritional status and health in populations. This study was aimed to compare age-and …

Growth curves are an essential tool in pediatric practice. Their value resides in helping to
determine the degree to which physiological needs for growth and development are being …

A: These charts are a simple tool to assess whether children are growing and developing as
they should. They can also be used to see whether efforts to reduce child mortality and …

Growth charts are an essential component of the paediatric toolkit. Their value resides in
helping to determine the degree to which physiological needs for growth and development …

Background: Previous growth references for Norwegian children were based on
measurements from the 1970s and 1980s. New reference data, collected through the …