Adoption of WHO Growth Standards (2006) – Issues and Implications
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Preschool children are an important nutritionally vulnerable segment of the population; they are the future citizens of the country. Therefore, prevention, early detection, prompt and effective treatment of undernutrition in preschool children had received priority attention. Height and weight have been widely used as anthropometric indices for assessment of nutritional status of preschool children. Until recently the WHO had recommended use of National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS) standards for assessment of nutritional status of preschool children. The NCHS standards have the following limitations:
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