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Introduction
• The growth chart or road to health chart was first designed by David
Morley and later modified by WHO which is a visible display of a child's
physical growth and development
• It is designed primarily for the longitudinal follow up of a child, so that
changes over time can be interpreted
• In weight for age chart , the height of the child is not taken into
consideration
• This is because weight is the most sensitive measure of growth and any
deviation from normal can be easily detected by comparing with the
reference curves
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Growth Monitoring Chart Register
• Growth monitoring chart register is a part of the Mother & Child Protection (MCP)
Card Package, which also includes a Mother & Child Protection Card
• Growth monitoring chart register is for recording the weight of children as per their
age up to 5 years.
• The register contains weight-for-age growth charts based on new WHO Child
Growth Standards.
• As per the new Standards, there are separate growth charts for girls and boys, as
they have different weights and lengths beginning at birth and grow to different sizes
related to their age
• The first half of the register has growth charts for girls with 'pink border' and the
second half is for boys with the 'blue border'.
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The Growth Curve
• When weight points plotted at different intervals are joined with a line, we get a Growth
Curve
• Depending on the pattern of monthly growth of a child, the direction of the growth curve
may be upward, flat or downward
• An upward growth curve indicates that the child is healthy, gaining weight and is growing
• Whenever the weight gain is not sufficient as per the age of the child, then the growth
curve is either flat or downward
• On the growth chart age for weight is plotted. At x-axis age is given and at y - axis weight
is given
• Weight is to be marked as per age on the growth chart and where these two points meet
a dot is to be put result
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Indian Growth Chart
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Table: Interpretation of growth chart
Position of the Plotted Point Nutritional Status
Plotted point is:
• Exactly on or just above the 1st
curve(or) Child's growth is normal
• Between the 1st & 2nd curve
• Exactly on the 2nd curve
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Table: Direction of child's Growth curve
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Growth problems
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Growth problems
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Growth problems
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Uses of the Growth Chart
• Growth monitoring means keeping a regular track of the growth and development of the
child with the help of key nutrition indicators related to their age like weight or height
• Detect early growth faltering and prevent underweight
• Identify underweight children who need special care and feeding at home, in addition to
supplementary nutrition received at the AWC
• Identify severely underweight children who need special care and feeding at home and
to provide referral advice, in addition to Micronutrient-fortified food/Energy-dense food
supplementation at the AWC
• Identify causes of weight loss or lack of growth i.e. illnesses such as fever, diarrhoea and
acute etc. and take corrective and timely action and educate, counsel and support
mothers and families for optimal nutrition, health care and development of their children
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Advice appropriate balance diet
and suggest any dietary modification
Pregnant/lactating women dietary advises:
• A well-nourished woman is likely to be healthy and therefore able to look after
her family well
• The nutritional needs of a pregnant and a lactating woman are greater than at
other times in her life
• During pregnancy, the food the mother eats helps to meet the nutritional
needs of the unborn baby
• During lactation, the food the mother eats helps in production of breast milk
• Ensure provision of extra food and healthcare to pregnant and lactating
women
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Reference
• BNS-043 Public Health and Primary Health Care Service. Block 1: Nutritional
Assessment- Growth Charts P.g. No.: 31-36
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