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Growth performance of affluent Indian preschool children: A comparison with the new who growth standard

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This study was conducted to evaluate the nutritional status of 2–5 year old affluent, urban children using the new WHO 2006 standards. A cross-sectional, multicentric preschool-based study was conducted on 1493 children (727 boys). Mean Z scores for height, weight, body mass index and weight for height (−0.75(1.1), −0.59(1.1), −0.19(1.22) and −0.26(1.18), respectively) were below the WHO standard median.

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  1. Growth and Pediatric Endocrine Research Unit, Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute, Jehangir Hospital, Pune, 411 001, India

    V. V. Khadilkar, A. V. Khadilkar & S. A. Chiplonkar

  2. Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute, Jehangir Hospital, 32, Sassoon Road, Pune, 411 001, India

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Khadilkar, V.V., Khadilkar, A.V. & Chiplonkar, S.A. Growth performance of affluent Indian preschool children: A comparison with the new who growth standard. Indian Pediatr 47, 869–872 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-010-0147-6

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