Body Mass Index (BMI) – New CDC extended charts for children and adolescents available with GrowthXP

The CDC has released new BMI charts for 2-18-year-olds, which provide curves above the 97th percentile (98th, 99th, 99.9th and 99.99th). These charts address a weakness of the earlier versions: for most obese individuals they suffered from data weakness above 97th percentile, relying on data extrapolation rather than real data. The new charts are based…

Growth Charts

Creating useful growth curves from small sample sizes

Ideally, growth charts are based on measurements of many individuals who are representative of the target population. However, acquiring the required quantity and quality of data faces both logistical and financial restrictions. In a new article published earlier this year, Hennenberg and Żądzińska describe a method to produce growth curves based on a limited sample…

Webinar der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinderendokrinologie und Diabetologie

PC PAL freut sich, das diesjährige Webinar der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinderendokrinologie und Diabetologie (DGKED), das am Freitag, den 3. Juni stattfindet, zu unterstützen. Wachstum und Entwicklung stehen im Mittelpunkt des Tagungsprogramms mit Präsentationen von Highlights des Jahrbuchs für pädiatrische Endokrinologie/Diabetologie sowie der Vorstellung konkreter Leitlinien. Ein Plenarvortrag über die endokrinen Herausforderungen beim McCune-Albright-Syndrom umfasst…