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steadygrow is a program designed for parents, to:
- Monitor their child's growth to prevent overweight or obesity.
- Manage an overweight or obese child back to a healthy growth path.
- Identify underweight in their child.
steadygrow helps parents answer these key questions:
- Is my child carrying or putting on too much weight?
- What should I do about my child's overweight or obesity?
- Are our efforts towards a healthier lifestyle enough?
What we need to know
To monitor your child's growth with steadygrow all you need to do is:
- Join steadygrow.
- Enter this simple information in your child's steadygrow record:
- Date of birth.
- Gender.
- Weight (weigh every three to six months).
- Height (measure every year).
- Waist circumference (optional).
What steadygrow can tell you
- All the measurements you've entered, by table or chart: over time, these become useful records to keep.
- The weight zone your child is in now: underweight, healthy weight, overweight, obese.
- Your child's projected weight zone status up to twelve months ahead.
- Indicators for 'overweight' and 'obese' weight zones for your child, projected up to twelve months ahead.
- If your child is overweight or obese, how long their weight should be held constant, to attain a healthy weight again.
- Guidelines for how to safely manage your child back to a healthy weight.
Article created: Dec 22, 2004. Last modified: April 20, 2008.
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