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Preliminary Growth Charts
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The following charts are based on data gathered by the World Health Organization Working Group on Infant Growth. The results are published in "An evaluation of infant growth: a summary of analyses performed in preparation for the WHO Expert Committee on 'Physical Status: the use and interpretation of anthropometry'". Doc WHO/NUT/94.8. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1994. The charts were based on 226 infants who were breastfed for at least 12 months, with no solid foods before 4 months of age. WHO and its partners are developing a new international reference for infant growth based on a worldwide sample of children fed according to WHO's recommendation; their research will not be completed for several more years. The Working Group's results should thus be considered research findings only, and are not intended to be used to make medical decisions about individual babies.
Formerly part of for Breastfed Babies
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