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Launch of the WHO Child Growth Standards

'Are We Growing Right?' displays for the WHO Child Growth Standards

PRESS RELEASE :: English :: French :: Spanish MEDIA ADVISORY :: English DISPLAYS AND POSTERS Posters now available. Children ask the question 'Are We Growing Right?' View and download PHOTOS AND GRAPHICS More information ENDORSEMENTS Statement: The International Pediatric Association endorses WHO Child Growth Standards Full text [pdf 94kb] Statement of Endorsement by the International Union of Nutrition Sciences (IUNS) Full text [pdf 23kb] Endorsement by the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) Full text [pdf 97kb]

BACKGROUNDERS What are the WHO Child Growth Standards? English [pdf 65kb] French [pdf 69kb] Spanish [pdf 63kb] Russian [pdf 137kb] What impact will the WHO Child Growth Standards have? English [pdf 65kb] French [pdf 67kb] Spanish [pdf 66kb] Russian [pdf 133kb] WHO Child Growth Standards and Infant and Young Child Feeding English [pdf 57kb] French [pdf 55kb] Spanish [pdf 55kb] Russian [pdf 142kb] WHO Child Growth Standards and the double burden of malnutrition English [pdf 60kb] French [pdf 59kb] Spanish [pdf 59kb] Russian [pdf 147kb] B-ROLL Children are measured for growth across the six sites of the Multicentre Growth Reference Study View footage Shot list [pdf 20kb]

A growth chart for the 21st century - presentation
The what, why and how of the growth standards
Download presentation [pdf 1.77Mb]

The Charts
Examples of charts for monitoring the growth of children from birth to 5 years (z-scores)

Weight-for-age
Girls [pdf 962kb] | Boys [pdf 961kb]

Length/height-for-age
Girls [pdf 980kb] | Boys [pdf 981kb]

BMI-for-age
Girls [pdf 1.06Mb] | Boys [pdf 1.08Mb]

WHO Anthro 2005 Software and Macros
User-friendly software for monitoring the growth of 0-5 years olds
Software

Rationale for developing a new international growth reference
Journal article by the study coordinators outlining the rationale for a new international growth reference
Download document [pdf 119kb]

WHO Child Growth Standards - Methods and Development
Executive summary of the technical report that describes the construction of the WHO Child Growth Standards
English [pdf 90kb] | Arabic [pdf 62kb] | Chinese [pdf 265kb] | French [pdf 44kb] | Russian [pdf 194kb] | Spanish [pdf 45kb]

The team at the Study Coordinating Centre, Dept. of Nutrition for Health and Development, WHO, Geneva

More details on the WHO Child Growth Standards are available at www.who.int/childgrowth

Sharad Agarwal
Communications Officer
NMH/NHD
Phone: +4122 791 1905
Mobile: +4179 509 0686
agarwals@who.int

Jane McElligott
Communications Adviser
WHO/NMH
Phone: +4122 791 3353
Mobile: +4179 477 1740
mcelligottj@who.int

Dr Catherine Le Galès-Camus, ADG/NMH

Dr Denise Costa Coitinho, Director/NHD

Dr. Mercedes de Onis, Coordinator/NHD