NUTR 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Growth Chart, Birth Weight, Developmental Disability
26 Feb 2018
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Growth reflects: nutritional adequacy, health status, economic and environmental adequacy, how, weight, height/length, newborns grow faster than at any other time during the lifecycle. Who growth chart (girls: weight and length, birth up to 24 months, head circumference, birth to 24 months. Plotting height/weight on a growth chart: infant girl weighs 12. 25 lbs at 3 months of age. Plot her weight and indicate the percentile she falls in. 50th percentile: infant girl weights 31 lbs at 22 months of age. Plot her weight and indicate the percentile she falls in about 97th percentile: short answer question - assessing plotting a growth chart. What is the gestational adjusted age for a 9 month old infant born at 32 weeks of age. Correcting for gestational age: gestation adjusted age, 1. Subtract gestational age at birth from 40 weeks: 2. Divide by 4 to get months: 3. What percentage o children less than 4 have a food allergy.
