For More Information About the Using Growth Data to Make Clinical Decisions

Assessment of Growth: Equipment, techniques and growth charts. Feucht S. Assessment of growth: Part 1, equipment, technique and growth charts. Nutrition Focus. 26(6). 2011. To subscribe to Nutrition Focus, visit http://depts.washington.edu/nutrfoc/webapps/.

Assessment of Growth: Interpretation of growth. Ogata B, Feucht S. Assessment of growth: Part 2, interpretation of growth. Nutrition Focus. 27(1). 2012. This article presents case studies. To subscribe to Nutrition Focus, visit http://depts.washington.edu/nutrfoc/webapps/.

Expert committee recommendations regarding the prevention, assessment, and treatment of childhood overweight and obesity: summary report. Barlow SE and the Expert Committee. Expert committee recommendations regarding the prevention, assessment, and treatment of childhood overweight and obesity: summary report. Pediatrics. 2007; 120:S164-S192. online: http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/120/Supplement_4/S164.

Anthropometrics. Murphy K. Anthropometrics. In: Yang Y, et al. Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs. Washington State Department of Health. 2010. This chapter describes techniques for weighing and measuring children and presents some guidelines for interpreting measurements. This publication can be downloaded from the WA DOH website: http://here.doh.wa.gov/materials/nutrition-interventions.