Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents
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...
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Main Authors: | Mercedes de Onis (Author), Adelheid W Onyango (Author), Elaine Borghi (Author), Amani Siyam (Author), Chizuru Nishida (Author), Jonathan Siekmann (Author) |
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The World Health Organization,
2007-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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