Undoing the 'Big Baby' Trend

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I think the research was flawed. She only considered weight percentile, without taking into account height percentiles. If a child is in the 90+ percentile for height, the weight could very well be over 80% and still healthy. Just as well, a child's height that is in the 10th percentile with a weight at 60% - what she would consider "healthy", is probably overweight.

I think this research, although probably correct, can not be taken seriously because of this flaw.

erin of FL 11:23PM June 17, 2009

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