The growth references used in these guidelines were based on the then available multicentric data that was collected in 1989 on affluent indian children which is now more than 20. Indian pediatric academy provides an updated height chart and weight chart for indian boys and girls.
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Indian academy of pediatrics height and weight chart. Revised iap growth charts for height weight and body mass index for 5 to 18 year old indian children. Indian j endocr metab serial online 2015 cited 2020 jun 1419470 6. Indian j endocrinol metab. Baby growth chart indian baby height cm chart and weight kg chart. 0 to 60 months the major concern for parents in the early stages of baby life is always been growth in terms of height and weight. Indian academy of pediatrics kamdhenu business bay 5th floor plot no.
Below is the useful age wise weight chart height chart for boys and girls made from data by who and iap. Also may want to know whether their baby is growing normally or not. Khadilkar v yadav s agrawal kk tamboli s banerjee m et al. The chart can be referred to considering the indian lifestyle nutrition type parental care and environment. I wish to profusely thank the members of my pediatric fraternity and well wishers for having elected me unanimously as the president of indian academy of pediatrics for the year 2020. Iap girls height weight chart 5 18 years.
Revised indian academy of pediatrics 2015 growth charts for height weight and body mass index for 5 18 year old indian children. Revised indian academy of pediatrics 2015 growth charts for height weight and body mass index for 5 18 year old indian children. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc and the american academy of pediatrics aap recommended that healthcare providers use the 2006 world health organization who international growth charts rather than the standard cdc growth charts to monitor growth in us children aged 24 months. In 2007 the indian academy of pediatrics iap growth monitoring guideline committee designed growth charts for indian children from birth to 18 years of age 1. This document gives a brief overview of aims and rationale for growth monitoring growth charts intervals for monitoring and criteria for referral. Indian academy of pediatrics growth charts committee.
Iap girls bmi chart 5 18 years. 51 sector 1 juinagar east near juinagar railway station. Indian academy of pediatrics iap india. Hence the indian academy of pediatrics has made these consensus guidelines for growth monitoring as per iap action plan 2006members listed in annexure i.