Resources

Access the WHO Anthro & AnthroPlus software

Information about tools- Links for online and offline Anthro software for 0-5 years children

WHO Anthro Survey Analyser- Online for 0-5 years children

WHO AnthroPlus software - For 5-19 years children

Other Useful Tools

Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group - Shiny Apps for Anthropometric Calculations

• who2007: a Shiny app for children ages 5–19 years, based on the WHO growth reference

• Growth chart plotter for WHO (for children 2–19 years) and US CDC (2–20 years)

• Growth chart plotter for WHO for children 0–2 years

• How to create csv files and calculate age in months in excel?

Growth Standards

• WHO Growth Standards for 0-5 year Children

• WHO Growth References for 5-19 years

• Indian Academy of Pediatrics Growth Charts (0-18 years)

• World Health Organization. Training Course on Child Growth Assessment

Nutrition Data Resources

• Access to NFHS Data through Measure DHS

• Nutrition Dashboards

Additional interesting readings

• WHO Technical Report : Physical status : the use of and interpretation of anthropometry, report of a WHO expert committee

• The LMS method for constructing normalized growth standards(Cole 1990)

• Demystifying LMS and BCPE Methods of Centile Estimation for Growth and Other Health Parameters (Indrayan 2014)

• Revised IAP Growth Reference(Khadilkar et al. 2015)

• Methods- WHO Growth Standards (0-5 years)(Borghi et al. 2006)

• Methods-WHO school age and adolescent growth reference development(Onis et al. 2007)

References

Borghi, E., M. de Onis, C. Garza, J. Van den Broeck, E. A. Frongillo, L. Grummer-Strawn, S. Van Buuren, et al. 2006. “Construction of the World Health Organization Child Growth Standards: Selection of Methods for Attained Growth Curves.” Statistics in Medicine 25 (2): 247–65. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.2227.

Cole, T. J. 1990. “The LMS method for constructing normalized growth standards.” European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 44 (1): 45–60.

Indrayan, Abhaya. 2014. “Demystifying LMS and BCPE methods of centile estimation for growth and other health parameters.” Indian Pediatrics 51 (1): 37–43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-014-0310-6.

Khadilkar, Vaman, Sangeeta Yadav, K. K. Agrawal, Suchit Tamboli, Monidipa Banerjee, Alice Cherian, Jagdish P. Goyal, et al. 2015. “Revised IAP Growth Charts for Height, Weight and Body Mass Index for 5- to 18-Year-Old Indian Children.” Indian Pediatrics 52 (1): 47–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-015-0566-5.

Onis, Mercedes de, Adelheid W Onyango, Elaine Borghi, Amani Siyam, Chizuru Nishida, and Jonathan Siekmann. 2007. “Development of a WHO Growth Reference for School-Aged Children and Adolescents.” Bulletin of the World Health Organization 85 (9): 660–67. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.07.043497.