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Baby growth charts show new weight measurements
By Katy Morton,
Nursery World,
13 May 2009
New charts published this week for monitoring babies' growth promote breastfeeding and show a link between physical growth and motor development.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) was commissioned to design new charts to replace the 1990 growth charts, which described average growth and were based on babies who were predominantly fed with formula. Babies who are breastfed tend to gain weight more slowly and are less likely to become obese. The new charts reflect this by showing a 1kg drop in expected weight gain by the age of one year, which will help to identify children...
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