Children become heavier, and standards are brought down
WHO has determined new standards of kids’ weight and growth.
Until recently normal weight parameters of one-year-old child was within 10,2-12,93 kg; according to the new norms kids should weigh from 9,53 kg to 11,79 kg. Why?
The matter is that norms-criteria existing up to this day have been made more 20 years ago and were based mainly on the data of artificial fed children. Such children, as it is known, grow and put on weight faster. Then it has pushed experts to recommend raised standards of weight. That, in opinion of the World Health Organization, gave rise to unreasonable recommendations on supplementary feeding and overfeeding, which led to adiposity.
New tables are based on the results of measuring and weighing of 8440 breast-fed children from 6 countries of the world. Such children put on weight more slowly. The data received by scientists have shown, that former standards of weight have been too high.