Development of Body Mass Index Growth Standard Chart for Chinese Preschool Children

• Main Authors: Chunjing TU (Author), Chongmin JIANG (Author), Sanhua ZHANG (Author), Yan-Feng ZHANG (Author), Rui CAI (Author), Dongming WU (Author), Huan WANG (Author), Xiaoming HAN (Author), Botong XU (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We aimed to establish a reference standard of Body Mass Index (BMI) for the growth of preschool children in China. Methods: We monitored and obtained the height and weight of 50702 children aged 3-6 yr in 31 provinces in mainland China in 2014. The reference standard and percentile curve...