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    Early health screening is crucial for identifying diseases. New methods improve tracking growth and development, addressing limitations in current obesity screening and providing better reference values.

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  • Development of low-cost statistics for generating synthetic national references.

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    • Functional data analyses provide efficient methods for assessing growth and maturation tempo.
    • New statistical approaches enable the creation of synthetic national growth references.

    Conclusions:

    • Effective health screening requires accurate reference values, especially for conditions like obesity.
    • Advanced analytical methods like functional data analysis and new diagram concepts improve the assessment of growth and development.
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