Open AccessGrowth parameters of under 2-year-old Indian children: A comparison to WHO MGRS 2006 charts
Author(s) -
Venkat Sandeep Reddy,
Rahul Jahagirdar,
Ruma Deshpande
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_570_19
Subject(s) - medicine , growth chart , underweight , head circumference , standard deviation , pediatrics , percentile , anthropometry , demography , statistics , obesity , overweight , mathematics , birth weight , pregnancy , sociology , biology , genetics
Growth is an important biological process by which an individual reaches a point of complete physical development. Growth monitoring of a child is a very important utility to detect the deviation from normal growth. In India, for children below 2 years of age WHO multicentre growth reference study (MGRS) 2006 charts are being used for growth monitoring, which were prepared by measuring children from six different countries who were raised in optimum conditions of health and nutrition.