growth chart is the best measure for weight monitoring of children. most factors that affect child heath show their effect on child weight. this cross sectional and descriptive analytical study was achieved to estimate malnutrition prevalence and effective factors in children under 5 years old in rural area of khoramabad province. 555 girls and 570 boys were chosen from health houses by cluster...

A randomised control trial was undertaken in Hangzhou, China, to study the influence of the growth chart used on breastfeeding rates. Mothers with infants who were being fully breastfed at 6 weeks after birth (n = 1602) were invited to participate in the trial; 1415 agreed to participate and 1295 completed the study. Two growth charts were used, one that was heavier for the first six months of ...

BACKGROUND The inclusion of growth assessment and nutrition-related anticipatory guidance in all well-child visits is recommended. Although prior studies have assessed whether these topics are discussed, the content of the discussions has not been explored from the maternal perspective. OBJECTIVE To explore what mothers of preschoolers recall and understand about growth assessment and nutriti...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the maternal comprehension of two different growth charts and to identify the group of mothers with poor comprehension. DESIGN An experimental prospective study. SETTING A child welfare clinic at the De Soysa Hospital for Women, Colombo, Sri Lanka. SUBJECTS 932 mothers were studied regarding their interpretation of the type of growth chart their infants had been a...

BACKGROUND The Babson and Benda 1976 "fetal-infant growth graph" for preterm infants is commonly used in neonatal intensive care. Its limits include the small sample size which provides low confidence in the extremes of the data, the 26 weeks start and the 500 gram graph increments. The purpose of this study was to develop an updated growth chart beginning at 22 weeks based on a meta-analysis o...