The 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Growth Charts: Several Insights after 8 Years

2010 ◽  
pp. 181-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia L. Ogden ◽  
Rong Wei ◽  
Lester R. Curtin ◽  
Katherine M. Flegal
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Growth Charts ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

scholarly journals Characterizing extreme values of body mass index–for-age by using the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 1314-1320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine M Flegal ◽  
Rong Wei ◽  
Cynthia L Ogden ◽  
David S Freedman ◽  
Clifford L Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Extreme Values ◽  
Growth Charts ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

scholarly journals WHO 2006 child growth standards: implications for the prevalence of stunting and underweight-for-age in a birth cohort of Gabonese children in comparison to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000 growth charts and the National Center for Health Statistics 1978 growth references

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 714-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert G Schwarz ◽  
Martin P Grobusch ◽  
Marie-Luise Decker ◽  
Julia Goesch ◽  
Marc Poetschke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Child Growth ◽  
Growth Charts ◽  
Health Statistics ◽  
Growth Standards ◽  
Growth Faltering ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Growth References ◽  
Centers For Disease Control

AbstractObjectivesTo assess the proportion of children being stunted and underweight-for-age at 3, 9 and 15 months in Lambaréné, Gabon, using the WHO child growth standards released in 2006 as compared with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2000 and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) 1978 child growth charts/references.Design and settingProspective birth cohort in Lambaréné, Gabon.SubjectsTwo hundred and eighty-nine children from birth to 15 months of age.MethodsWeight and length were recorded at 3, 9 and 15 months. CorrespondingZscores for stunting and underweight-for-age were calculated for the three different standards/references. Children with a height-for-age or weight-for-age below –2sdof the corresponding reference median (Zscore ≤−2) were classified as stunted or underweight-for-age, respectively.ResultsWith the new WHO 2006 standards a higher proportion (4·0 %) of 3-month-old infants were underweight compared with the CDC (1·0 %) or the NCHS (0·7 %) child growth charts/references. In contrast to the NCHS references or the CDC charts, this proportion did not increase from 3 to 9 months or from 9 to 15 months. The proportion of children being stunted was highest (above 20 %) with the WHO 2006 standards at all three ages. Again, in contrast to the old standards, this proportion did not increase from 3 to 9 months or from 9 to 15 months.ConclusionsThe present results show considerably different growth faltering patterns for Gabonese children depending on the growth charts used to assess the prevalence of stunting and underweight. Shifting to the new WHO child growth standards may have important implications for child health programmes.

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