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236 Appendix 2: Growth Charts

                                                                 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52                                       12 13 14 15 16 17
                                                                                                                                                             552cm
                                       50cm                      3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11                                                            50cm
                                                                                                                                                                 50
                                       49                                                    Age in weeks/ months                               49               48
                                                                                                                                                48               46
                                       48                                                                                               99.6th  47               44
                                                                                                                                        98th    46               42
                                       47                                                                                               91st    45            40cm
                                                                                                                                        75th
                                       46                                                                                               50th

                                       45

                                       44                                                                                               25th 44

                                       43                                                                                               9th 43

                                       42                                                                                               2nd 42

                                       41                                                                                               0.4th   41

                                       40      99.6th                                                                                           40cm
                                               98th
                                       39      91st
                                               75th
                                       38      50th
                                               25th
                               99.6th  37                                                                                               99.6th               99.6th
                               98th    36      9th                                                                                      98th                 98th
                               91st    35      2nd                                                                                      91st                 91st
                               75th            0.4th                                                                                    75th                 75th
                                                                                                                                        50th                 50th
                               50th 34                                                                                                  25th                 25th
                               25th 33
                                                                                                                                        9th                  9th
                               9th                                                                                                                           2nd
                                                                                                                                        2nd                  0.4th
                               2nd 32                                                                                                   0.4th

                               0.4th 31cm

                               99.6th                    925799150598stt.tt6hhhht th                                                            14kg         24kg
                               98th                      9th
                               91st                      02.n4dth                                                                               13.5           23
                               75th
                               50th            Some degree of weight                                                                            13             22
                               25th            loss is common after birth.
                               9th             Calculating the percentage                                                               99.6th  12.5           21
                               2nd             weight loss is a useful way                                                                      12
                               0.4th           to identify babies who                                                                                          20
                                               need assessment.                                                                         98th 11.5
                                       11kg                                                                                                        11          19
                                                          75th
                                       10.5              50th                                                                           91st 10.5              18
                                                         25th                                                                                      10
                                       10                9th                                                                                                   17
                                                         20n.4dth                                                                       75th 9.5
                                       9.5                                                                                                                     16
                                                       123
                                       9       2 4 6 8 10 12 14                                                                         50th 9                 15
                                                                                                                                                   8.5
                                       8.5                                                                                                                     14
                                                                                                                                        25th 8                 13 99.6th
                                       8                                                                                                                       12 98th
                                                                                                                                                               11 91st
                                       7.5                                                                                              9th 7.5                10 75th

                                       7                                                                                                2nd     7                           50th
                                                                                                                                        0.4th   6.5
                                       6.5     91st 98th 99.6th                                                                                 6               9 25th
                                                                                                                                                                8 9th
                                       6
                                                                                                                                                                            2nd
                                       5.5                                                                                                      5.5
                                                                                                                                                                7 0.4th
                                        5                                                                                                       5
                                       4.5                                                                                                                      6
                               99.6th                                                                                                           4.5
                               98th     4                                                                                                                     5kg
                               91st    3.5                                                                                                      4                12 13 14 15 16 17
                               75th
                               50th     3                                                                                                       3.5
                               25th    2.5
                               9th                                                                                                              3
                               2nd      2
                               0.4th                                                                                                            2.5

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                                       1.5                                                                                                      1.5

                                       1                                                     Age in weeks/ months                                         1
                                                                                                  567                                      11 0.5kg
                                       0.5kg                                              4                          8       9      10  46 48 50 52
                                            0                                         16 18  20 22 24 26 28 30 32  34 36  38 40  42 44
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