title: Growth charts from controversy to consensus.
abstract: Growth follows a specific set of patterns inspite of variability in children. This led to the development of growth charts. As growth provides an interplay of many factors, growth chart helps monitor growth and diagnose disease. They are also used for epidemiological purpose. There are many growth charts available. Training of health care workers to use and interpret growth chart in the children is needed for national health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Endocrinologist, Jehangir Hospital, Pune, India.
authors.forename: Vaman
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khadilkar
authors.forename: Supriya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Phanse
keywords: Growth chart; WHO; interpretation
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