Regular checkups help the doctor monitor your child’s growth and development. For years, doctors have used height and weight measurements as their primary tools for assessing a child’s physical growth in relation to other children of the same age.
Now they have another tool: body mass index (BMI). Why is this new measurement so helpful?
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Body Mass Index
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Growth Chart
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Look at any class picture, and you’ll see
kids of the same age in all shapes and sizes. Some kids look tiny next to their peers, while others literally stand head and shoulders above their classmates.
As easy as it is to make these comparisons and to draw conclusions about what you see, the reality is [...]
Growth and Development
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Growth charts are an important way for pediatricians to monitor your child’s growth. With the availability of growth charts on the Internet, many parents have begun using them at home too.
Since the growth charts compact a lot of information into a small space, they can be a little confusing to use and I often [...]
