Growth monitoring

Abstract

The subject of how growth should be monitored and recorded was addressed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Growth Chart working group in the process of developing and implementing the UK-World Health Organization growth charts between 2008 and 2012. The group developed chart instructions and supporting educational material, drawing on the collective views of focus groups, stakeholder meetings, and the considered views of the working group. These have been expanded or modified where there is newer relevant evidence and the section is also informed by the 2008 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guideline on maternal and child nutrition and the new guideline on faltering growth.