Compared to average growth charts of children across the country ... provide a diagnostic baseline to assess deviations from the curve. Yet, the brain, of vital importance to the child's ...

Using population-specific growth curves for Inuit children could promote the appropriate diagnosis of microcephaly and avoid overdiagnosis, according to a new study. Inuit children from Nunavut ...

Every child grows differently – It's totally normal for kids to be bigger or smaller than others at the same age. What's more important is that they grow steadily over time. Growth charts are ...

"We observed larger median head circumference values, distinct patterns of growth curves, higher rates of children with head circumferences greater than the 97th percentile (macrocephaly), and ...

All kids fail as part of growth, but children vary widely in their individual growth curves. Children who learn to speak earlier than others may take longer to jump and skip, or vice versa ...