Growth patterns from birth to 24 months in Chinese children: a birth cohorts study across China

• Main Authors: Fengxiu Ouyang (Author), Fan Jiang (Author), Fangbiao Tao (Author), Shunqing Xu (Author), Yankai Xia (Author), Xiu Qiu (Author), Jun Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Assessment of child growth is important in detecting under- and over-growth. We aimed to examine the growth patterns of healthy Chinese infants from birth to 24 months. Methods This study was based on six recent birth cohorts across China, which provided data (from 2015) on 4251...