Abstract
Since 2006, when the World Health Organization launched the new Child Growth Standards, over 140 countries have adopted them. Gozde Zorlu talks to Dr Mercedes de Onis about why these represent a new approach and why they are useful.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Body Height / physiology
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Body Weight / physiology
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Breast Feeding
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Child
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Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
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Child, Preschool
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Diet / standards
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Global Health*
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Health Promotion
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Health Status
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Humans
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Infant
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Infant, Newborn
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Nutritional Status
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Reference Values
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Social Marketing
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World Health Organization*