# WHO Child Growth Standards based on length/height, weight and age (2006 paper)

Publication · id `maternal:pub-who-2006-child-growth-standards` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `fc5a600ec7387e71` (public)

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## In plain language

The 2006 paper that explains how the WHO Child Growth Standards were built and presents the growth charts for children from birth to 5 years.

## Technical summary

Acta Paediatrica Supplement, April 2006 issue (PubMed gives the month only). The collective author is the WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. The abstract reports curves for boys and girls aged 0 to 60 months for weight-for-age, length/height-for-age, weight-for-length/height and body mass index-for-age, and concludes that the standards depict normal growth under optimal environmental conditions. Only the abstract was read.

## Connected pages

- Reports results of: WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS) (`maternal:who-mgrs`)

## Provenance

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Last substantive edit: 2026-10-15
Evidence last checked: 2026-10-15