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Growth charts
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Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:05:51 -0600
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> Current growth
>reference based on bottle-fed Caucasion population of North America.

This IS NOT TRUE.  Current growth charts based *primarily* on mostly
bottle-fed Caucasian population of North America, but included also many
children breastfed for varying lengths of time and many children of
non-Caucasian ancestry.

Problem is NOT with the growth charts -- problem is with how they are used.
It should be a lot easier to re-train doctors how to interpret the charts
and evaluate growth properly than it is to construct new growth charts.

Kathy D.
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