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    Growth Chart Training : Using the WHO Growth Charts

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    • 1. Recommendations and Rationale
      • Advantages
      • WHO Growth Standards
      • Test Your Knowledge
    • 2. Creating the WHO Growth Standard
      • WHO Multicenter Growth Reference Study
      • Test Your Knowledge
    • 3. Comparing Methodologies
      • Differences in Methodology
      • Similarities in Methodology
      • Test Your Knowledge
    • 4. Breastfeeding as the Norm
      • Breastfeeding Advocacy
      • Test Your Knowledge
    • 5. Using the WHO Growth Standard Charts
      • Basic Information
      • Assessing Growth
      • Interpreting Growth Indicators
      • Infant Growth Patterns
      • Transitioning from WHO to CDC
      • Test Your Knowledge
    • 6. Summary
    • 7. Case Examples
      • Low Weight-for-Length
      • Inadequate Growth or Just Small
      • Excess Weight Gain
      • Transitioning from the WHO to CDC
      • Early Lactation Difficulties
    • Site Map
    • References
    Page last reviewed: April 15, 2015
    Content source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
    home Growth Chart Training
    • Using the WHO Growth Charts expand
      • 1. Recommendations and Rationale expand
        • Advantages
        • WHO Growth Standards
        • Test Your Knowledge
      • 2. Creating the WHO Growth Standard expand
        • WHO Multicenter Growth Reference Study
        • Test Your Knowledge
      • 3. Comparing Methodologies expand
        • Differences in Methodology
        • Similarities in Methodology
        • Test Your Knowledge
      • 4. Breastfeeding as the Norm expand
        • Breastfeeding Advocacy
        • Test Your Knowledge
      • 5. Using the WHO Growth Standard Charts expand
        • Basic Information
        • Assessing Growth
        • Interpreting Growth Indicators
        • Infant Growth Patterns
        • Transitioning from WHO to CDC
        • Test Your Knowledge
      • 6. Summary
      • 7. Case Examples expand
        • Low Weight-for-Length
        • Inadequate Growth or Just Small
        • Excess Weight Gain
        • Transitioning from the WHO to CDC
        • Early Lactation Difficulties
      • Site Map
      • References
    • Overview of the CDC Growth Charts expand
      • About this Course
      • What Growth Charts Are Recommended for Use?
      • Clinical Growth Charts Available on the Web expand
        • Test Your Knowledge
      • Features of the CDC Growth Charts expand
        • Test Your Knowledge
      • The CDC Growth Chart Reference Population expand
        • Test Your Knowledge
      • Using the CDC Growth Charts expand
        • Nutritional Status Indicators
        • Test Your Knowledge
        • Prevalence of Nutritional Status Indicators
      • Summary
      • References
    • Using BMI-for-Age Growth Charts expand
      • What is Body Mass Index (BMI) expand
        • Test Your Knowledge
      • Using BMI-for-age as a Screening Tool expand
        • Test Your Knowledge
        • Using BMI to Assess Overweight
        • Recommended BMI-for-age Cutoffs
        • Calculating BMI Using the Metric System
        • Calculating BMI Using the English System
        • Other Methods to Obtain BMI
        • Visual Assessment vs. Calculation of BMI expand
          • Example 1
          • Example 2
          • Example 3
        • Accuracy of Measurements
        • Interpretation
        • Summary
      • Steps to plot and interpret BMI-for-age expand
        • Plotting and Interpreting BMI-for-age by Using the Metric System
        • Plotting and interpreting BMI-for-age by using the English system
        • Case Study: Using the Metric system
        • Case Study: Using the English system
      • References and Resources
      • Glossary
    • Other Growth Chart Resources expand
      •  A SAS Program for the 2000 CDC Growth Charts (ages 0 to
      •  A SAS Program for the WHO Growth Charts (ages 0 to
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