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**CDC Growth Charts:       United      States**

Health and Human      Services Secretary Donna E.      Shalala has released new pediatric growth charts that will be used by      health professionals in tracking the physical growth of the 82 million      infants, children, and adolescents in the United States.
**Notice:** Any      versions of the weight-for-length charts that were downloaded from this site between May      30, 2000, and June 8, 2000, should be deleted and replaced with the      revised and corrected versions. The data points in the file WTLENINF      remain unaffected.  Corrected      versions of the weight-for-length charts for boys and girls have been      posted and labeled as, "Revised and corrected 6/8/00." 
**Background**

**News Release**

**Full      Report**

**Individual      Growth Charts**

**Data Files**

**Instructions      for calculating Body Mass Index**

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Now available! New      dietary guidelines released by USDA and HHS. 5th edition of **Dietary      Guidelines for Americans** providing new guidance on what constitutes a      healthy diet.

 

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This page last reviewed July 27, 2000

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