Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents

• Main Authors: Mercedes de Onis (Author), Adelheid W Onyango (Author), Elaine Borghi (Author), Amani Siyam (Author), Chizuru Nishida (Author), Jonathan Siekmann (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To construct growth curves for school-aged children and adolescents that accord with the WHO Child Growth Standards for preschool children and the body mass index (BMI) cut-offs for adults. METHODS: Data from the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO growth reference (1-24...