The WHO’s Child Growth Standards Increase Prevalence of Overweight among Young Children Compared to CDC’s Growth Chart

WHO child growth standards.

comprehensive review of the uses and interpretation of anthropometric references. The review concluded that the NCHS/WHO growth reference, which had been recommended for international use since the late 1970s, did not adequately represent early childhood growth and that new growth curves were necessary. The World Health Assembly endorsed this recommendation in 1994. The WHO Multicentre Growth R...

WHO Child Growth Standards

Using routine growth monitoring data in tracking overweight prevalence in young children.

BACKGROUND Childhood obesity is a public health concern in Canada. Few anthropometrical data are available to monitor the obesity trend in young Canadian children. This study explored the feasibility of using routine growth monitoring data from physicians' offices for tracking the prevalence of obesity in children from two to six years of age in County of Middlesex and the City of London, Ontar...

Prevalence of obesity and overweight among children in Bandar Abbas

Introduction: Childhood obesity and overweight is a major public health problem in developed and developing countries. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 7-11 years-old children in Bandar Abbas. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 1350 students (689 girls and 661 boys) aged 7-11 years. The sample was collected by using cluste...

[WHO growth standards for infants and young children].

The growth pattern of healthy breastfed infants deviates to a significant extent from the NCHS/WHO international reference. In particular, this reference is inadequate because it is based on predominantly formula-fed infants, as are most national growth charts in use today. The WHO multicentre growth reference study (MGRS), aimed at describing the growth of healthy breastfed infants living in g...