2000 CDC Growth Chart
Training Modules and Resources

CDC Growth Chart Training
This training offers a set of self-directed, interactive training modules for health care professionals using the pediatric growth charts in clinical and public health settings to assess growth of infants, children, and adolescents. The training modules were developed as a collaborative initiative between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). The overall purpose of the modular training is to provide health care professionals in the United States with expertise on using and interpreting the new growth charts.

The CDC Training Modules include:

• Overview of the CDC Growth Charts
• Using the BMI-for-age Growth Charts
• Overweight Children and Adolescents: Recommendations to Screen, Assess and Manage

The Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Modules include:

• Accurate Measuring, Equipment and Techniques
• Using the Growth Charts with Various Populations such as Adolescents, Children with Special Needs and Others

CDC Growth Charts 2000 Slide Set
This PowerPoint slide presentation, CDC Growth Charts 2000, was developed by the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity to provide training to health care professionals at national and state meetings. The presentation focuses on the 1) rationale for revising the growth charts, and 2) the BMI-for-age charts including advantages of using these charts and calculating BMI.

Use and Interpretation of the CDC Growth Charts An Instructional Guide (PDF - 67K)*
This guide instructs health care providers on how to use and interpret the CDC Growth Charts to assess physical growth in children and adolescents.
Also accessible in HTML format.

Tools to Calculate BMI

How to Calculate Body Mass Index (BMI)
Provided in both English and Metric versions.

CDC Table for Calculated Body Mass Index Values for Selected Heights and Weights for Ages 2 to 20 Years (PDF - 168K)*

Checkbook size BMI Table for Children and Adolescents (PDF - 404K)*

Body Mass Index Web Calculator
Provided in both English and Metric versions.

For the 2000 CDC Growth Charts and Additional Information visit CDC'S National Center for Health Statistics.

*This document is available in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Acrobat Reader (a free application) to view and print this document.

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