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From: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 04/18/2012
Subject: CDC’s WHO Growth Chart Training is Now Available


	April 19, 2012

CDC’s WHO Growth Chart Training is Now Available

WHO growth chart CDC has created an online training course for health care providers and others who measure and assess growth of infants and young children. The course, Using the World Health Organization (WHO) Growth Charts to Assess Growth with Children less than 2 Years of Age in the U.S., takes 45 minutes to complete and has seven sections, including:

Recommendations and Rationale
Breastfeeding as the Norm for Infant Feeding
Using the WHO Growth Standard Charts
Case Examples

Self-assessment questions are included in each section.

Background: In April 2006, the WHO released a new international growth standard for infants and young children ages birth to 5 years of age. The standard shows how infants and children should grow. The CDC now recommends that health care providers in primary care settings use:

The WHO growth standard charts for children aged birth to less than 2 years regardless of type of feeding, to monitor growth in the U.S.

The 2000 CDC growth reference charts for children aged 2 up to 20 years to monitor growth in the U.S.

The recommendation for children less than 2 years of age is based in part on the recognition that breastfeeding is the recommended standard for infant feeding. In the WHO charts, the growth of the healthy breastfed infant is intended to be the standard against which the growth of all other infants is compared.

For additional information:

CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (DNPAO) focuses on improving our communities to support healthy eating and active living.