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...

background: anthropometric indices are widely used to assess the health and nutritional status of children the aim of the present study was determination of malnutrition and compare estimates of under nutrition among young children under 2 years of age from birjand city of iran using who growth standard and the national center for health statistics (nchs) references. methods: the cross‑sectiona...

Presents the President’s message for this issue of publication.

The ancient Greeks believed that a beautiful face was defined in terms of a harmonious proportion of facial features. For them the ideal face was divided into three equal vertical sections and was two thirds as wide as it was high. In his book, Beauty: An Analysis and Classification, Alexander Walker accepted standards of beauty that were congruent with those of classical antiquity, but he also...