We reviewed interventions that affect maternal and child undernutrition and nutrition-related
outcomes. These interventions included promotion of breastfeeding; strategies to promote …

Table of Contents Summary 86 1. Background 88 1.1 History and development of growth
monitoring programmes 88 1.2 Objectives of growth monitoring 89 2. Expected benefits of …

OBJECTIVE: To describe child growth monitoring practices worldwide in preparation for the
construction and application of a new international growth reference. STUDY DESIGN: A …

Growth Monitoring is a screening tool to diagnose nutritional, chronic systemic and
endocrine disease at an early stage. It has been suggested that growth monitoring has the …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of brief, primary care interventions for pediatric weight
management on BMI. DATA SOURCES: Medline, CENTRAL, Embase, PsycInfo, and …

Growth monitoring of apparently healthy children aims at early detection of serious
underlying disorders. However, existing growth-monitoring practices are mainly based on …

Background Both national and WHO growth charts have been found to be poorly calibrated
with the physical growth of children in many countries. We aimed to generate new national …

Aims: To ascertain the long term outcomes in children diagnosed as having failure to thrive
(FTT). Methods: Systematic review of cohort studies. Medline, Psychinfo, Embase, Cinahl …

Objective: To establish evidence-based guidelines for growth monitoring on a population
basis. Study design: Several auxological referral criteria were formulated and applied to …

Background The World Health Organization currently defines severe acute malnutrition
(SAM) in infants aged under 6 months of age using weight-for-length Z score (WLZ). Given …