What does that mean? I'm still worried! A. If your baby is "following the curve" of the growth chart, she's paralleling one of the percentile lines on the chart, and the odds are good that her ...

Expectant mothers who maintain a diet that meets USDA dietary guidelines during pregnancy may be more likely to have infants ...

Parents are a competitive bunch. So when the pediatrician whips out a growth chart and ranks baby's height and weight in percentiles, it's easy to wonder if something's wrong. But growth ...

It's one of the first bits of info you're given after the birth, so it's little surprise that your baby's weight is on your mind from day one! But you shouldn’t worry about it. Growth charts plot a ...

In ambulatory care settings, infant growth is used to assess breastfeeding ... were not based on breastfed infants. Thus, a look at growth charts in use today is in order.

Expectant mothers who maintain a diet that meets USDA dietary guidelines during pregnancy may be more likely to have infants with healthy ...

A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard Medical School reveals surprising findings ...

Officials have admitted that growth charts issued by the Department of Health, which are used by health visitors and doctors to ensure your baby is thriving, are incorrect. The growth charts are based ...

About The Study: In this cohort study, a prenatal diet that aligned with the U.S. Dietary Guidelines was associated with reduced patterns of rapid and slow infant growth, known risk factors associated ...

Researchers found that infants exposed to gestational diabetes in utero had surprising growth paterns in their first year of ...

We present in detail the research surrounding the development of infant growth charts and the potential for inaccurate assessment. In the United States today, approximately 73% of new mothers ...