In a message dated 8/9/02 10:38:37 AM, [log in to unmask] writes:

<<  I am working with a mom
who is very upset because her pediatrician says that
her 4 mo girl is not gaining well because she has
fallen from the 90th to 75th percentile since the 2 mo
visit.  >>

<<So my requests from you wise ones, 1)
advise on how to use and interpret the WHO growth
charts and 2)any advise for this mom.  Thanks in
advance.>>

I recommend interpreting these growth charts as useful in population studies
and virtually useless in evaluating or helping individual babies.

Fire this doctor quickly before he hurts this baby.

Jay Gordon

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