These data highlights are based on analysis of the 2001 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) public use data (http://www.cdc. gov/nchs/nhis.htm). NHIS is a multi-purpose survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NHIS has been conducted continuously since 1957.

Introduction: Head circumference (HC) measurement is one of the important parameter for diagnosis of neurological, developmental disorders and dysmorphic syndromes. Recognition of different disorders requires an understanding of normal variation for HC size, in particular, in infancy period with most rapid growth of the brain. Because of international and interracial standard chart differences ...

The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of malnutrition and its risk factors in children aged 0-10 years attending outpatient clinics in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. A cross-sectional epidemiological study of a population of 347 children was conducted. Data concerning socio-economic levels and food consumption were obtained by interviewing the accompanying guardian of each chil...

Objectives. To Identify and analyze the distribution of Z-scores of anthropometric indices of children between 36-60 months of age in the province of Huancayo, Peru, which were calculated based on the NCHS-1977, CDC -2000 and WHO-2006 references. Methods. We analyzed a database of 2640 children (1268 males and 1372 females) collected between 1992-2007. The Z-scores were determined using the Ant...

BACKGROUND The National Center for Health Statistics/World Health Organization (NCHS/WHO) reference is considered unsuitable for assessing the nutritional status of breastfed children. It is gradually being replaced by the WHO Child Growth Standards in many countries. OBJECTIVE To assess the implications of adopting the WHO Child Growth Standards to classify Indonesian children according to n...

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OBJECTIVES To determine wasting prevalence among infants aged under 6 months and describe the effects of new case definitions based on WHO growth standards. DESIGN Secondary data analysis of demographic and health survey datasets. SETTING 21 developing countries. POPULATION 15 534 infants under 6 months and 147 694 children aged 6 to under 60 months (median 5072 individuals/country, range...

AIMS This study evaluated the agreement of growth charts proposed by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS/1977), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC/2000) and World Health Organization (WHO/2006). METHODS Were assessed children between 0 and 5 years old, hospitalized in the pediatric wards of a Brazilian school hospital. Z-score indexes: stature/age (S/A), weight/age (W...

OBJECTIVE The study aimed to compare the prevalence of overweight and obesity according to three growth curves, created by the World Health Organization (WHO/2006), by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS/1977), and by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC/2000) in children with cardiovascular risk factors. METHODS Data from 118 children and adolescents, aged between ...