人体测量早在19世纪已开始用于儿童体格发育调查,近半个世纪以来又用于营养研究。研究结果表明,体重与营养有着明显关系,且测量技术简单,故成为评估营养状况最常用的指标。 本世纪70年代,D.Morley根据多年在尼日利亚农村研究小儿生长的实践,绘制了一张小儿生长卡(growth chart),卡中有两条年龄别体重参考标准曲线,供发展中国家初级妇幼保健人员监测5岁以内儿童的生长使用。他强调指出,监测小儿生长的目的是早期识别生长缓慢的小儿,及 As early as the 19th century, anthropometry has been used for physical development in children and has been used for nutrition research for nearly half a century. The results show that weight and nutrition have a clear relationship, and the measurement technique is simple, it has become the most commonly used indicators to assess nutritional status. In the 1970s, D. Morley developed a pediatric growth chart based on years of practice in pediatric growth in rural Nigeria, with two age-specific body weight reference curves for primary maternal and child health Personnel monitor the growth of children under 5 years of age. He emphasized that the purpose of monitoring the growth of infants is to identify early children with slow growth, and