Accuracy of international growth charts to assess nutritional status in children and adolescents: a systematic review.

Mariane Helen de Oliveira Débora Dos Santos Pereira Daiane Sousa Melo Jessica Cumpian Silva Wolney Lisbôa Conde

Published in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2022)

There are difficulties in obtaining international growth charts for children from 5 years old and older that go along with a long period of growth, and which include genetic, cultural and socioeconomic differences of multiethnic populations who have already overcome the secular trend in height.

Keyphrases

young adults
physical activity
gene expression
copy number
middle aged
community dwelling