About child growth
Children’s physical growth is a sign of their overall health and development.
Children’s growth usually follows a typical pattern over time, but this pattern is influenced by their own genes and environments.
What are child growth charts (percentile charts)?
Health professionals use growth charts to track your child’s growth and development in the early years. Growth charts help to show whether your child is growing in a healthy way.
Growth charts are graphs that show changes in your child’s length or height, weight and head circumference over time. Your health professional – for example, your child and family health nurse – measures these things regularly and marks the measurements on the graph.
Read More: https://raisingchildren.net.au/babies/development/understanding-development/growth-charts
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