Evaluation of child growth status

Abstract

The article describes the methods used for evaluating the basic somatometric child growth parameters - body length and weight. Factors affecting nutritional status of children and adolescents are discussed. The WHO unified standards and percentile tables used for the assessment of individual anthropometric parameters are presented. The criteria and main causes of the disorders of growth (dwarfism, gigantism) and weight (underweight, overweight, obese) are described.

Keywords

• children
• physical development
• height
• weight
• body mass index
• who child growth standards table