WHO Canada, birth to 24 months (2014, CPEG revisions)

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WHO Canada 0–24 months

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Cut-off points

From the Health Professional's Guide (2014), for further assessment, referral or intervention; not diagnostic criteria:

Underweight: weight-for-age < 3rd percentile (severely: < 0.1st)
Stunted: length-for-age < 3rd percentile (severely: < 0.1st)
Wasted: weight-for-length < 3rd percentile (severely: < 0.1st)
Overweight: weight-for-length > 97th percentile
Obese: weight-for-length > 99.9th percentile
Head circumference: < 3rd or > 97th percentile

Tips

Age: months. For years and months, enter e.g. 4y 5m.
Weight: kg. For pounds and ounces, enter e.g. 8-4 for 8 lb 4 oz.
Head circumference: cm. For inches, enter e.g. 19".
Length: cm. For inches, enter e.g. 19".
GA at birth (optional): weeks and days, e.g. 30 3/7. Results for the corrected age are then shown too.
WHO SD23 correction recommended; only unselect if plain LMS calculations wanted beyond ±3 SD. See Sources and methods for more information.

Based on

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Infants and children, birth to 24 months, as on the Canadian charts: weight, length, head circumference and weight-for-length.

2014 WHO Growth Charts for Canada with revisions based on re-analysis by the Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group; WHO Child Growth Standards values, as on the Canadian charts. For 2 to 19 years, use the WHO Canada 2–19 years calculator.

Weight and weight-for-length Z-scores beyond ±3 use WHO's restricted LMS method.