WHO
Child Growth Standards
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a new
international child growth standard, April 27, 2006. For more
information, see
WHO's news release.*
The Department of Health and Human Services (CDC
and NIH) and the American Academy of Pediatrics convened an expert
panel in June to consider using the new WHO charts versus the CDC
charts. The panel compared the 2000 CDC growth charts to the new WHO
charts and examined how U. S. children might be assessed differently
using the two references. Guidance will be developed for appropriate use
of these growth charts for monitoring growth within the US Population.
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This page last reviewed
October 20, 2006
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