The new WHO Child Growth Standards confirm that children born anywhere in the world and given the optimum start in life have the potential to develop to within the same range of height and weight. The new standards prove that differences in children's growth to age five are more influenced by nutrition, feeding practices, environment, and healthcare than genetics or ethnicity. Naturally there are individual differences among children, but across large populations, regionally and globally, the average growth is remarkably similar.
With these new standards, parents, doctors, policymakers and child advocates will know when the nutrition and healthcare needs of children are not being met. Under-nutrition, overweight and obesity, and other growth- related conditions can then be detected and addressed at an early stage. The new standards are based on the breastfed child as the norm for growth and development. This brings coherence for the first time between the tools used to assess growth, and national and international infant feeding guidelines, which recommend breastfeeding as the optimal source of nutrition during infancy. This will now allow accurate assessment, measurement and evaluation of breastfeeding and complementary feeding.
[Indian Journal of Medical Science ,2006;(60)4]
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世界卫生组织公布的新版《儿童生长标准》认定无论出生于何地的儿童，只要在出生时得到最适宜的照顾，其身高和体重就有潜力发育至相同范围内。这套新的标准表明,在5岁之前，营养状况、喂养方式、生长环境，以及卫生保健，是比基因或种族更影响儿童生长的重要因素。当然儿童之间仍存在个体差异，但是在局部地区或全球大样本调查下。儿童平均生长范围非常相似。
有了这套新标准，家长、医生、决策者和儿童权利倡导者将会发现儿童的营养和卫生保健需求何时未得到满足。可早期发现并阐述营养不良、超重、肥胖以及其他生长相关状况。新标准以母乳喂养的儿童作为生长发育的标准规范，并且首次将评估生长的工具与国内和国际婴儿喂养指南联系起来。该指南建议母乳喂养作为婴儿期最佳营养来源并可以对母乳喂养和补充喂养做出精确评估、测量与评价。
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