Most parents take keen interest in tracking their child’s growth, often comparing
their child to his or her friends who are around the same age. Under these circumstances,
using an ideal height weight chart to monitor the progress of a child can be of
immense help to allay fears about any developmental problems. Every child is different
and grows at a pace that is determined by heredity, nutrition, health status, and
lifestyle.
Knowing the normal range for children on the basis of their age, gender, and race,
can prevent unnecessary confusions that crop up on randomly comparing two children
of the same age. Such charts educate the parents are about normal variations and
their causes.
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