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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
A measured approach to child health
1Department of Pediatrics, Preventive Intervention Research Center for Child Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. ruth.stein@einstein.yu.edu
Abstract:
Children's health and its measurement have gained increasing attention in the face of advances in treating disease, and the growing recognition of long-term implications of child health for adult health and the nation's economy. Advances in measurement are aided by new conceptualizations, including a dynamic definition of child health and model of how it evolves. This paper discusses challenges in measurement of child health, the role of large-scale data sets, how to select a measure, 2 promising measurement frontiers, and the role of the Academic Pediatric Association in promoting a measured approach to child health.
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