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2. Growth chart - Wikipedia

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   Growth charts are different for boys and girls, due in part to pubertal differences and disparity in final adult height. In addition, children born prematurely and children with chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome and Turner syndrome follow distinct growth curves which deviate significantly from children without these conditions.

3. Weight and height percentile - Wikipedia

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   By doing this, doctors can track a child's growth over time and monitor how a child is growing in relation to other children. There are different charts for boys and girls because their growth rates and patterns differ. For both boys and girls there are two sets of charts: one for infants ages 0 to 36 months and another for ages 2 and above.

4. Tanner scale - Wikipedia

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   Due to natural variation, individuals pass through the Tanner stages at different rates, depending in particular on the timing of puberty.Among researchers who study puberty, the Tanner scale is commonly considered the "gold standard" for assessing pubertal status when it is conducted by a trained medical examiner. [5]

5. Classification of childhood weight - Wikipedia

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   The 2000 CDC growth charts - a revised version of the 1977 NCHS growth charts - are the current standard tool for health care providers and offer 16 charts (8 for boys and 8 for girls), of which BMI-for-age is commonly used for aiding in the diagnoses of childhood obesity. [1]

6. Personal Child Health Record - Wikipedia

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   There are also additional updates from organisations such as the World Health Organization for growth chart updates [4] [5] The Scottish National Personal Child Health Record is available for download if you have a child born before January 2010. [6] The UK-WHO Growth Charts are also available for download. [7]

7. Early childhood development - Wikipedia

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   The CDC growth reference charts define the normal range of growth as between the 5th and 95th percentiles. [ 4 ] While it is common for babies to shift percentiles during the first 2 years of life due to shifting from an intrauterine environment to one outside the uterus, shifting percentiles after 2 years of age may be the first sign of an ...