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Growth charts measure:
Height,weight,head circumference,BMI
What do growth charts determine
Allows health professionals to see how individual growth patterns compare to predetermined healthy patterns.
Concerns of growth
Unusual growth patterns ,flat lines, shifting away from the 50th percentile ,under the 5th percentile or above the 95th
Factors to consider when growth dosnt follow a healthy pattern
smoking household
Special health needs
Nutrition
Birth order
Genetics
Why are peoples on the Down syndrome spectrum growth charts differently from the usual growth chart?
Because down syndrome kids have conditions that may influence there growth patterns making it hard to determine the 50th percentile because of how much it Varys.
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