Why Is It Important to Assess Growth, Height, and Weight

question 22

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to assess growth, height, and weight against a "standard" such as the World Health Organization Growth Standards?

• A)They provide information about how children in the immediate locale are developing and growing.
• B)They provide information about how children raised in suboptimal conditions or "abnormal" conditions are developing and growing.
• C)They provide information about deviations from "normal" growth under optimum conditions.
• D)They provide information about impacts of gender and culture on development and growth.

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