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Baby growth charts 'need changing'
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
23 August 2007
The UK should adopt the World Health Organisation (WHO) system of measuring child growth on breast-fed babies rather than faster-growing formula-fed babies, according to a new report.
WHO Growth Standards depict a slower weight gain between the ages of four and 24 months compared with current UK growth charts, which are based mostly on formula-fed infants. There are concerns that the charts used in Britain may encourage parents to overfeed young children, increasing their risk of obesity and disease in later life. A joint report published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) and the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition recommends that WHO...
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