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Understanding Growth Charts

This document summarizes key concepts about growth charts. Growth charts are used by healthcare professionals to compare a child's height and weight to others of the same age and gender. The WHO provides growth charts for children up to age 19 based on American teen data. Percentiles on growth charts show a child's height and weight relative to others their age. Being below the 3rd or above the 97th percentile for height or weight could indicate stunting, wasting, or being underweight, which are concerns due to increased disease risk. The document provides an example of plotting a 17-year-old 167.4 cm woman between the 50th and 85th percentiles.

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Understanding Growth Charts

This document summarizes key concepts about growth charts. Growth charts are used by healthcare professionals to compare a child's height and weight to others of the same age and gender. The WHO provides growth charts for children up to age 19 based on American teen data. Percentiles on growth charts show a child's height and weight relative to others their age. Being below the 3rd or above the 97th percentile for height or weight could indicate stunting, wasting, or being underweight, which are concerns due to increased disease risk. The document provides an example of plotting a 17-year-old 167.4 cm woman between the 50th and 85th percentiles.

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Anthropometry

Made By:-Mariam Ousmane lo.


Growth charts

The meaning of which country’s population


who created :- the charts are based on :-
growth charts :-

These charts are used The WHO provide


to compare height growth charts for all
American teens.
and weight against children up to
people of the same nineteen years of
age and gender. age.
Define the following concepts:-

Growth chart percentiles Stunting

the red, yellow and green lines on growth charts are


Is when child is a low
called percentiles. height for their age.
Percentiles show how many other people (of the
same age as the person being measured)
are taller, shorter and the same height.

Wasting Underweight
Is when someone is a low Is when a child is a low
weight for their height . weight for their age.
List three factors that may affect the one reason why healthcare
growth of a child :- professionals use growth charts :-

1. Genetics. Healthcare professionals use growth charts to


compare the growth of individuals of the
2. Environment.
same age. They also help to monitor and track
3. Nutrition. the development of boys and girls over time.
4. Cultural Nourishment. Growth charts can be used to identify if there is a
growth problem that could be related to
malnutrition.
age in years and months:-
-17 years and 2 months.

height in cm :-

-167.4 (cm).

Gender :-

-Woman.
Using the data that you have
collected, plot where they
belong on the growth chart :-

Between 50th and 85th but closer to


85th.

This means that 85% have the


same height Which is more than
the normal rate.
Identify and explain if you have any
concerns about the child’s height if
it is outside the normal range :-

Yes I have, because this can


increase child’s risk of disease
and even death.
Thanks for your
listening.
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