Hi,

I am wondering how many of you have pediatric practices in your communities 
who use the WHO growth charts for infants, the newer ones that represent 
breastfed infants as well as formula fed ones.

I just inquired about the practice of our local peds and found they continue to 
use the AAP/CDC growth charts. One of the concerns is that the WHO charts 
do not represent the growth of children in the US. I found an excellent post in 
the archives from Rachael Myr regarding how the study was done which led to 
the development of the charts. I might try to explain this info to our peds. I 
would love to know if any of you have seen a difference if your peds practices 
do use the WHO charts.

Thanks,
Brenda Phipps, BS, IBCLC

             ***********************************************

Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html
To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]
Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask]
COMMANDS:
1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail
2. To start it again: set lactnet mail
3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet
4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome