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Growth patterns of jordanian children: a national study

S Mawajdeh1, R Ai-Qutob, M Rawashdeh

  • 1Jordan University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Community Medicine and Pediatrics, Jordan.

Journal of Family & Community Medicine
|September 27, 2012
PubMed

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Jordanian children

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Growth Monitoring
  • Anthropometry
  • Public Health Nutrition

Background:

  • Assessing child growth is crucial for public health interventions.
  • Established growth references, like the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) standards, are widely used.
  • Local population data is essential for accurate growth assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the growth patterns of Jordanian children under three years of age with the NCHS reference population.
  • To evaluate the applicability of NCHS growth standards for Jordanian children.
  • To determine the need for local growth standards.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized weight and length measurements from 1224 boys and 1120 girls.
  • Data collected from a 1984 national multipurpose study of Jordanian preschool children.
  • Compared Jordanian children's growth percentiles against NCHS reference data.

Main Results:

  • Jordanian children's growth was parallel to NCHS standards in the first year.
  • Significant deviations in both weight and length percentiles were observed after the first year.
  • Length measurements showed particularly marked differences compared to the NCHS reference.

Conclusions:

  • NCHS growth standards can serve as a benchmark for national intervention planning in Jordan.
  • Local Jordanian growth standards are necessary for evaluating individual children's growth status.
  • The study highlights the importance of context-specific growth references.

Keywords:
GrowthJordanNCHSbreast feedingceding practices

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