title: Some questions about how growth standards are used.
abstract: The use of a growth standard involves decisions about which growth chart to employ, which centiles on the chart to use as a cut-off for abnormal growth, and how to interpret the centile plots of specific individuals. Some of these issues are philosophical, whereas other are practical; however, they can all be addressed as a way of improving the usefulness of growth standards in a wide variety of situations.
authors.affiliation: MRC Dunn Nutrition Centre, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values