Transcription of GROWTH STANDARDS AND CHARTS;
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GROWTH STANDARDS AND CHARTS;
INTRODUCTIONThe GROWTH charts consist of a series of percentile/standard deviation or both curves that illustrate the distribution of selected body measurements in children. They are used in the assessment and monitoring of individual children and in screening whole INTERNATIONALLY USED GROWTH CHARTS AND THEIR DIFFERENCESP ediatric GROWTH charts have been used by pediatricians to track the GROWTH of infants, children, and adolescents in the United States since 1977. The 1977 GROWTH charts were developed based on children from the USA, by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). These were adopted by the World Health Organization as well and are called the 1977 NCHS GROWTH charts or NCHS/WHO GROWTH charts. The 2000 CDC GROWTH charts are the revised version of the 1977 NCHS GROWTH charts. The main differences between the revised charts and the original charts were in the charts for infants, where national data were previously lacking.
The 2000 CDC growth charts are the revised version of the 1977 NCHS growth charts. The main differences between the revised charts and the original charts were in the charts for infants, where national data were previously lacking. The revised head circumference charts also showed some noticeable differences when compared to the earlier charts.
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