关键词: 生长评估, 评价指标, 评价方法, 生长曲线图

Abstract: Growth and development evaluation is the basis of practice for child health care and pediatric clinic. By gaining access to the growth, nutrition and health information, growth assessment can help facilitate the early detection of abnormalities, assist in the disease diagnosis, and evaluate the efficacy of treatment. Accurate assessment requires suitable evaluation method, properly defined criteria, precise measurement, as well as rigorous data analysis. With multiple growth indicators integrated together, the growth chart has proved itself to be the most effective clinical technique to conduct children growth assessment and tracking.

Key words: growth assessment, evaluation indicator, evaluation methods, growth chart