Time to Shun Diversity in Growth Charts: A Case for Using Only IAP 2015 Growth Charts for Identification of Growth Abnormalities in 5–18-Year-Old Indian Children
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Revised IAP growth charts for height, weight and body mass index for 5- to 18-year-old Indian children.
JUSTIFICATION The need to revise Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) growth charts for 5- to 18-year-old Indian children and adolescents was felt as India is in nutrition transition and previous IAP charts are based on data which are over two decades old. PROCESS The Growth Chart Committee was formed by IAP in January 2014 to design revised growth charts. Consultative meeting was held in Novem...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0019-5456', '0973-7693']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-021-03813-6