The childās growth parameters are the most accurate characteristic of his health and normal development. A centile chart for girls and boys will allow you to analyze your childās indicators and their compliance with the norms. The growth of the baby is determined immediately after his birth and continues to stably measure him at certain time intervals. As a rule, this is done in a children's consultation, which takes into account such parameters of its growth and development as body length, chest and head volume. The centile table for girls differs from the table for boys, since their development proceeds in different ways.
How to use centile table?
Scientists are constantly trying to create normative tables for the analysis of any indicators, and especially those that change greatly with age. Centile tables of physical development of girls and boys are designed to assess the growth and condition of the child. In the tables there is a row corresponding to the age of the child. Its actual weight is measured and compared with the values āāpresented in the table. The average is the weight that falls in the range from 25-75%. If the gap is 10-25%, then the weight is below average. Above average weight falls within the range of 75-90%, 3-10% - low weight, up to 3% - very low weight, 90-97% - high weight, more than 97% - very high weight.
Centile growth chart
To understand for yourself the essence of the centile table, you can imagine a line, for example, out of a hundred children who stand in accordance with the growth from the smallest baby to the tallest. The first babies will be considered very short, children from the 3rd to the 10th will be simply short. Next come the babies below average height, children from the 25th to the 75th - average height, to the 90th - above average. Till 97th go tall babies, and the last babies will be very tall. Similarly, one can imagine the correspondence of the circumference of the head, body weight and chest.
At the same time, a centile table for girls, and for boys, determines the quantitative boundaries of the trait in some children. Therefore, the table has the name "centile" - a percentage or part. An interval of 25-50-75% is typical for most healthy children of the same age and gender. Low indicators of the ratio of the height and weight of the child can signal the presence of a developing or existing disease, but if the data in the table are harmoniously combined, this indicates the peculiarities of the physique of a particular child.
Cement table for girls
Your childās height will be measured during the first twelve months of life, and then up to 17 years. It is worth noting that the tables for girls and boys have different indicators, since heterosexual children develop differently. In girls, puberty begins earlier, and boys grow faster.
At the same time, take into account the fact that many pediatricians can use tables of an outdated Soviet model, that is, your child according to them may not fit into the norm. Therefore, be sure to check the compliance of the tables with the latest standards recommended by WHO.