بررسی روند افزایش وزن در کودکان 24 – 0 ماهه مراجعه کننده به مراکز بهداشتی درمانی شهر کبودرآهنگ در نیمه اول سال 1377

Weight gain assessment is a route to survey health and nutritional status    of children the best way of approaching is using the growth chart which is    applied throughout the country. Purpose of our study is assessment of     weight gain pattern in children age 0-24 month old referring to health    centers of Kabodarahang city.           This is a descriptive cross-sectional study on health charts of all children    less than 2 years . Total numbers of 652 were divided in 3 groups. 0-6 months    (GI) , 7-12 months (GII) , 13-24 months (GIII) , and they were designed    qualitatively as “Desirable” , “Undesirable” , “Improving” and “Improved”    status.           The most desirable growth pattern was group 1 (0-6 m) and undesirable    one in group II (7-12 m). From total number of 652 children in this study 6.4%    had low weight.           The weight gaining pattern in children referring to health centers of    Kabodarahang is same as other parts of country but the low weight is less    frequent.