MEASURING CHILDREN: ONE REFERENCE FOR ALL

摘要: Abstract Growth standards developed in industrialised countries are appropriate for measuring child growth developing countries. From data collected among privileged groups of children countries, we have concluded that is mainly influenced by socioeconomic status and not race or ethnicity. Height, weight, age were from 2366 ages 6-59 months Egypt, Togo, Haiti. These chosen private day-care centres, paediatricians' offices, families military Government officials. compared with the NCHS/CDC reference population, which representative healthy U.S. children. Distributions weight-for-height height-for-age values group population nearly identical. The 5th, 50th, 95th centiles did differ greatly population. group, however, was heavier than at heights greater 100 cm 50th centiles. Overweight appears to be a problem those Since these similar, feel use justified nutrition preschool