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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Main Authors: Mercedes de Onis, Adelheid W Onyango, Elaine Borghi, Amani Siyam, Chizuru Nishida, Jonathan Siekmann
格式: Article
語言:English
出版: The World Health Organization 2007-09-01
叢編:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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