Just found this on another site 
http://www.who.int/nutrition/media_page/en/
Just in case anyone is interested the world health organisation have published their new growth charts based on breast fed babies rather than formula fed babies.
The World Health Organisation has published new infant growth charts which use breastfed babies as the optimum size, replacing 40-year-old growth charts which were based largely on formula fed babies.
This is great news for health professionals wanting to support breastfeeding, as it no longer means that the typical formula fed baby is seen as the norm. Because breastfed babies are typically lean, the shape of the growth curve in the new WHO Child Growth Standards differs from the existing one, particularly during the first six months of life when growth is rapid.
Since the late 1970s, the National Centre for Health Statistics/WHO growth reference has been in use to chart children's growth. This reference was based on data from a limited sample of children in the United States who were a random mixture of breastfed, formula fed or both.
The new standards are based on the breastfed child as the norm for growth and development. This brings coherence for the first time between the tools used to assess growth, and infant feeding guidelines which recommend breastfeeding as the optimal source of nutrition during infancy.
Using the new charts it should now be easier to accurately assess, measure and evaluate breastfeeding and complementary feeding, and ensure that breastfeeding mothers are no longer being given misleading advice about the weight of their babies.
The new WHO growth charts are based on a study of more than 8,000 children around the world raised in environments that promote healthy growth, such as breastfeeding, healthy diets and adequate healthcare. Their mothers did not smoke before or after pregnancy. The study has shown that given the optimum start in life, children from different regions of the world all have the potential to grow and develop within a similar range. So for the first time, the charts will give a prescriptive definition of optimum growth for all children, rather than simply describing average growth.
http://www.who.int/nutrition/media_page/en/
Just in case anyone is interested the world health organisation have published their new growth charts based on breast fed babies rather than formula fed babies.
The World Health Organisation has published new infant growth charts which use breastfed babies as the optimum size, replacing 40-year-old growth charts which were based largely on formula fed babies.
This is great news for health professionals wanting to support breastfeeding, as it no longer means that the typical formula fed baby is seen as the norm. Because breastfed babies are typically lean, the shape of the growth curve in the new WHO Child Growth Standards differs from the existing one, particularly during the first six months of life when growth is rapid.
Since the late 1970s, the National Centre for Health Statistics/WHO growth reference has been in use to chart children's growth. This reference was based on data from a limited sample of children in the United States who were a random mixture of breastfed, formula fed or both.
The new standards are based on the breastfed child as the norm for growth and development. This brings coherence for the first time between the tools used to assess growth, and infant feeding guidelines which recommend breastfeeding as the optimal source of nutrition during infancy.
Using the new charts it should now be easier to accurately assess, measure and evaluate breastfeeding and complementary feeding, and ensure that breastfeeding mothers are no longer being given misleading advice about the weight of their babies.
The new WHO growth charts are based on a study of more than 8,000 children around the world raised in environments that promote healthy growth, such as breastfeeding, healthy diets and adequate healthcare. Their mothers did not smoke before or after pregnancy. The study has shown that given the optimum start in life, children from different regions of the world all have the potential to grow and develop within a similar range. So for the first time, the charts will give a prescriptive definition of optimum growth for all children, rather than simply describing average growth.
