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2. Growth chart - Wikipedia

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   A growth chart is used by pediatricians and other health care providers to follow a child's growth over time. Growth charts have been constructed by observing the growth of large numbers of healthy children over time. The height, weight, and head circumference of a child can be compared to the expected parameters of children of the same age and ...

3. Weight and height percentile - Wikipedia

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   Weight and height percentiles are determined by growth charts and body mass index charts to compare a child's measurements with those of other children in the same age group. 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 ...

4. File:CDC growth chart boys birth to 36 mths cj41c017.pdf

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   Short title: Birth to 36 months: Boys, Length-for-age and Weight-for-age percentiles: Image title: CDC Growth Charts: United States: Author: NCHS: Keywords

5. Child development stages - Wikipedia

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   Growth is steady though slower than in first two years. Adult height can be predicted from measurements of height at three years of age; males are approximately 53% of their adult height and females, 57%. Legs grow faster than arms. Circumference of head and chest is equal; head size is in better proportion to the body.

6. Human height - Wikipedia

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   The median (50th percentile) growth curves for males and females 0−20 years in the United States. The study of height is known as auxology. [11]Growth has long been recognized as a measure of the health of individuals, hence part of the reasoning for the use of growth charts.

7. Failure to thrive - Wikipedia

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   The diagnosis of FTT relies on plotting the child's height and weight on a validated growth chart, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) growth charts [62] for children younger than two years old or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts [63] for patients between the ages of two and twenty years old. [3]