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Evaluating growth for children ages 2 years and older:

Step 1:  Record the date and exact age of child in years and months.

Step 2:  Calculate and document the following measurements:

  • Stature-for-age
  • Weight for age
  • BMI-for-age
  • Plot OFC at the 2-year-old health supervision visit
  • Optionally, plot weight for stature for children 2 to 5 years

Step 3: Plot on appropriate age and gender CDC growth charts.

Note: Links are for set 1 clinical charts with 5th and 95th percentiles. Set 2 clinical charts with 3rd to 97th percentile is available on the CDC Web site.

Step 4: Note and compare the percentiles using the appropriate age and gender data tables.