Publicación: ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO DE LAS CURVAS DE CRECIMIENTO NCHS/OMS: EVALUACIÓN DEL ESTADO NUTRICIONAL E IMPLICANCIAS EN UN CENTRO DE SALUD FAMILIAR.
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2010
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REVISTA CHILENA DE NUTRICIÓN
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CHILE CHANGED FROM THE CDCINCHS TO THE NEW WHO STANDARDS IN 2007 TO EVALUATE GROWTH IN CHILDREN LESS THAN 5 YEARS OF AGE. OUR PROPOSAL WAS TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF THIS CHANGE ON NUTRITIONAL INDICATORS. WE STUDIED 982 CHILDREN AGED LESS THAN 5 YEARS IN A PUBLIC FAMILY HEALTH CENTER IN CHILLAN VIEJO. LENGTH HEIGHT-FOR-AGE, WEIGHT-FOR-LENGTH HEIGHT, AND WEIGHT-FOR-AGE INDICATORS WERE COMPARED FOR BOTH GROWTH CURVES WITH THE WHO ANTHRO PROGRAM. RESULTS SHOWED SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN MEANS FOR ALL ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATORS (P
