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20CDC-WHO Growth Charts
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Growth Charts are a Key Tool
WIC uses growth charts to:
Assess growth
Identify potential nutrition or health
concerns
Share information with caregivers
Have open conversations about growth,
Physical growth is a way to assess
nutrition and healthy habits.
the health and wellness of
infants and children.
Keep these things in mind through-out this training and think about how they might be
affected by the new growth charts.
History of the Growth Charts
Growth charts have been around for at least a century! Here’s a brief review of the
recent history of the charts used in WIC.
National Center for
Center for Disease
World Health
Health Statistics
Control
Organization
From 1977 - 2000
Used since 2000
Released 2006
Growth reference
Growth reference
Growth standard
A Growth Reference or a Growth Standard?
Growth Reference – Describes how certain children grew in a particular place and time.
It gives a point of comparison.
Growth Standard – Describes how healthy children should grow in a healthy
environment regardless of time, place or ethnicity. It defines what is normal or optimal.
September 2012
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