RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 New growth charts for children
JF Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
JO Drug Ther Bull
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 94
OP 94
DO 10.1136/dtb.1995.331294
VO 33
IS 12
YR 1995
UL http://dtb.bmj.com/content/33/12/94.abstract
AB New charts are available for monitoring children's growth.1* They are known as the 1990 Nine Centile United Kingdom Charts2 and replace the Tanner-Whitehouse Charts, which were first published in 1966.3,4 The older charts are now obsolete. The data upon which they are based are no longer valid as children's growth patterns have changed; babies nowadays gain weight faster during early life and may then experience some deceleration of growth after this initial spurt and, in general, children are taller.2