This update was long overdue since the last growth charts for Indian kids were designed 25 years ago. NAGPUR: ... Rate of growth less than 5cm per year Girls with underarm, ...

Talking to TOI, he said that compared to western countries — where the growth charts originated — the Indian growth pattern is slightly different and needs further study. ... “For girls, it ...

The new charts are based on the IAP's study of 33,991 children living in 14 Indian cities. The last such chart was made in 2007, using data collected in 1989.

The WHO standards are based on a Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS) that was conducted in six countries between 1997 and 2003 (Brazil, Ghana, India, Norway, Oman and the United States).

If your baby is “following the curve” of the growth chart, she’s paralleling one of the percentile lines on the chart, and the odds are good that her caloric intake is fine, no matter how ...

This is how the growth rankings work: If a child is at the 25th percentile for her age and gender, that means that out of a group of 100 girls her age, she's bigger than 24 of them and smaller ...