Until 2002, the growth chart -- the tool doctors use to make sure kids are growing normally -- was based exclusively on norms for bottle-fed Caucasian children. Since breastfed babies tend to be ...

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Now, in a bid for better treatment and tracking of kids with high body mass index (BMI), the agency has issued extended growth charts for children with BMIs that aren’t reflected on the older ...

Although growth charts specific to children with CP have been published ... child’s mechanical eating abilities including optimal textures and positioning. If a feeding tube and/or ...

She doesn’t know whether they just missed it, or whether they deliberately didn’t paint over the growth chart that marked the height changes of her four children, ages 8 to 14. It’s not the ...

Growth hormone use is exploding among pre-teens with wealthy parents seeking out a fast growth solution for kids who don't measure ... percentile on the growth chart, he was eager to improve ...

U.S. health officials have revised a tool to track the rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts. Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out changes to growth charts adding categories for children and adolescents with severe obesity. The charts were ...

To study the growth of contemporary Hong Kong children and review the existing growth charts developed in 1993 (HK1993), the DH, the Chinese University Paediatrics Department and the University of ...