Independent report
SACN applicability of WHO growth standards in the UK
Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition recommendations on the use of World Health Organization growth standards in the UK.
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The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) undertook a scientific risk assessment and considered the suitability and applicability of the new growth standards to infants and children aged 0 to 5 years, in the UK.
The recommendations are presented as a report, in which the relative merits of adopting the new growth standards are highlighted.
Return to the SACN home page for more information on the Committee.