NUTR 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Leg Before Wicket, Low Birth Weight, Gestational Age

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Making sure they are at the right weight and height for their age. Infant/ child height and weight must be interpreted in the context of age and gender. Unlike (cid:449)ith adults, (cid:449)e don"t ha(cid:448)e standard cut-points that apply for all children. Use percentile rankings to interpret height and weight of children. Infant is in the 95th percentile for weight for their age and gender. Child weighs the same or more than 95% of the reference population. Or the child"s weight is less than 5% of the reference population. Children from 6 countries worldwide: brazil, ghana, india, norway, oman, usa. Based on an exclusively breastfed population (24 months) Another group was from 18 months to 72 months and measured once and the data was compared. Use charts developed by world health organization (who) Charts also available by the us centres for disease control and prevention (cdc) Infant girl weighs 12. 25 lbs at 3 months of age.

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