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Training Module: Using the BMI-for-Age Growth Charts

What is BMI?
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Self-Test Questions:

Question 1 BMI-for-age is a diagnostic tool used to identify children and adolescents who are underweight and overweight:
True
 False

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Question 2 BMI is age specific for children and adolescents, ages 2 to 20. Thus, BMI-for-age is the measure used to classify children and adolescents as underweight or overweight:
True
 False

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