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growth charts, graphic displays of normal progressive changes in height, weight, and head circumference. They consider the range of growth as expressed in percentiles, or as standard deviation from the mean for average height or weight for age. Head circumference measurements are common from birth to 2 years of age. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While the range of "normal" heights and weights for children is quite broad, growth charts are useful to compare a child's growth pattern with normally developing children of the same age and gender, and to detect a possible growth problem. Only 12% of respondents knew that the infant growth charts available at the time of the survey were predominantly based on data from infants who were artificial formula-fed. children (ages 2-19) are classified as overweight--at or above the 95th percentile of the sex-specific body mass index (BMI) for age growth charts |
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