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Is the 2000 CDC growth reference appropriate for developing countries?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Dominique Roberfroid,
Marie-Paule Lerude,
Armando Pérez-Cueto and
Patrick Kolsteren
Dominique Roberfroid*
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Nutrition Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, B-2000 , Antwerp, Belgium
Marie-Paule Lerude
Affiliation:
Médecins du Monde, Brussels, Belgium
Armando Pérez-Cueto
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Nutrition Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, B-2000 , Antwerp, Belgium
Patrick Kolsteren
Affiliation:
Department of Public Health, Nutrition Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 155 Nationalestraat, B-2000 , Antwerp, Belgium
*
*Corresponding author: Email droberfroid@itg.be
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Abstract

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In 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) produced a revised growth reference. This has already been used in different settings outside the USA. Using data obtained during a nutritional survey in Madagascar, we compare results produced by using both the 2000 CDC and the 1978 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/World Health Organization (WHO) growth references. We show that changing the reference has an important impact on nutritional diagnosis. In particular, the prevalence of wasting is greatly increased. This could generate substantial operational and clinical difficulties. We recommend continued use of the 1978 NCHS/WHO reference until release of the new WHO multi-country growth charts.

Keywords

Growth reference2000 CDC1978 NCHS/WHOWastingNutritional survey

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Type
Short Communication
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , April 2006, pp. 266 - 268
Copyright
Copyright © The Authors 2006

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