COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Executive summary; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. METHODOLOGY; 3. CONSTRUCTION OF THE WEIGHT VELOCITY STANDARDS; 4. CONSTRUCTION OF THE LENGTH VELOCITY STANDARDS; 5. CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE VELOCITY STANDARDS; 6. COMPUTATION OF CENTILES AND Z-SCORES FOR VELOCITIES BASEDON WEIGHT, LENGTH AND HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; 7. DISCUSSION; 8. BIBLIOGRAPHY; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C
Summary
The WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study> (MGRS) was implemented between 1997 and 2003 to generate new curves for assessing the growth and development of children the world over. The MGRS collected primary growth data and related information from 8440 healthy breastfed infants and young children from diverse ethnic backgrounds and cultural settings (Brazil, Ghana, India, Norway, Oman and USA). A key component of the MGRS design was a longitudinal cohort of children who were examined in a sequence of 21 visits starting at birth and ending at 24 months of age. A principal rationale for the lon
