. Nutrition and growth in children. ef-forts to gain. The chart should have a lineshowing the average weight to be attained, andan actual weight line made from the weeklyweighings. When the childs weight reachesthe average line drawn at the time of the firstweighing, his height should be measured againin order to allow for the normal rate of growthduring the interval. The average weight forthis new height is his present normal weight,and is the standard used for graduationfrom our nutrition classes. Parents too often consider the height of achild by itself, and assume that he is growingproperl
. Nutrition and growth in children. ef-forts to gain. The chart should have a lineshowing the average weight to be attained, andan actual weight line made from the weeklyweighings. When the childs weight reachesthe average line drawn at the time of the firstweighing, his height should be measured againin order to allow for the normal rate of growthduring the interval. The average weight forthis new height is his present normal weight,and is the standard used for graduationfrom our nutrition classes. Parents too often consider the height of achild by itself, and assume that he is growingproperly because he is taller than the even boast that, At ten he is alreadywearing a twelve-year suit! The importantpoint, however, is neither his height nor hisweight at any particular age, but whether he hasa body of sufficient weight to sustain his height,whatever his age or his height may be. As thechild grows, every advance in inches calls fora corresponding advance in pounds. 2 See Form VIII in Appendix II, p. 318. 20. ?a* a a-? w n o T3 B ~ ts««
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