Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents

OBJECTIVE: To construct growth curves for school-aged children and adolescents that accord with the WHO Child Growth Standards for preschool children and the body mass index (BMI) cut-offs for adults. METHODS: Data from the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO growth reference (1-24...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Mercedes de Onis, Adelheid W Onyango, Elaine Borghi, Amani Siyam, Chizuru Nishida, Jonathan Siekmann
Materialtyp: Artikel
Språk:English
Publicerad: The World Health Organization 2007-09-01
Serie:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Länkar:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862007000900010&lng=en&tlng=en