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CDC Growth Charts PowerPoint Presentation

This set of 47 PowerPoint slides provides an overview of the 2000 CDC growth charts including background information on the rationale for changes in the revised charts and using and interpreting the body mass index (BMI)-for-age charts. Notes are provided for each slide. This material can be used as a training presentation for groups or individuals working with a pediatric population.

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List of slides

  1. CDC Growth Charts 2000
  2. Training Objectives
  3. What growth charts are available?
  4. New Features of the Growth Charts
  5. Disjunction: Smoothed in New Charts
  6. Reference Population for CDC Growth Charts
  7. Reference Data Sets: Birth to 36 Months
  8. Reference Data Sets: 2 to 20 Years
  9. Exclusions from the Reference Data
  10. Age-Adjusted Prevalence of Overweight1 From NHANES I to III2
  11. CDC Growth Charts Are for All Racial and Ethnic Groups Combined
  12. Age Adjusted Prevalence of Low Height-for-Age by Ethnic Groups, Children Aged 0 to 5 Years
  13. Breast-Fed vs. Formula-Fed Infants
  14. Indicators of Nutritional Status
  15. Indicators of Nutritional Status
  16. Prevalence of Nutritional Status Indicators New Reference Curves Compared with Old Curves
  17. Prevalence of Nutritional Status Indicators New Reference Curves Compared with Old Curves
  18. What Is BMI?
  19. Advantages of BMI-for-Age
  20. Tracking BMI-for-Age from Birth to 18 Years with Percent of Overweight Children who Are Obese at Age 25
  21. Advantages of BMI-for-Age
  22. BMI-for-Age Compares Well with
  23. Why Use BMI-for-Age?
  24. Shape of Weight-for-Stature Curve versus BMI-for-Age Curve
  25. For Children, BMI Changes with Age
  26. Shape of BMI-for-Age Growth Curve: "Adiposity" Rebound (AR)
  27. BMI-for-Age Cutoffs
  28. Performance of BMI-for-Age as a Screening Tool
  29. Calculating BMI with the Metric System
  30. Calculating BMI with the English System
  31. BMI Table for Children and Adolescents
  32. Table
  33. Can you see risk?
  34. Plotted BMI-for-Age
  35. Can you see risk?
  36. Plotted BMI-for-Age
  37. Can you see risk?
  38. Plotted BMI-for-Age
  39. Accurate Measurements are Critical
  40. Interpreting the BMI-for-Age Cutoffs
  41. Interpreting the BMI-for-Age Chart
  42. Example: "Sam"
  43. Sam's BMI Plotted on Boy's BMI-for-Age Chart
  44. Summary of Using BMI-for-Age
  45. Steps to Plot BMI-for-Age
  46. Please visit
  47. Growth Chart Screen Capture

 
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