Growth landmarks are
parameter
A parameter (), generally, is any characteristic that can help in defining or classifying a particular system (meaning an event, project, object, situation, etc.). That is, a parameter is an element of a system that is useful, or critical, when ...
s measured in
infants
An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. ''Infant'' (from the Latin word ''infans'', meaning 'unable to speak' or 'speechless') is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term ''baby''. The terms may also be used to ...
,
children
A child ( : children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger ...
and
adolescents which help gauge where they are on a
continuum
Continuum may refer to:
* Continuum (measurement), theories or models that explain gradual transitions from one condition to another without abrupt changes
Mathematics
* Continuum (set theory), the real line or the corresponding cardinal number ...
of normal
growth
Growth may refer to:
Biology
* Auxology, the study of all aspects of human physical growth
* Bacterial growth
* Cell growth
* Growth hormone, a peptide hormone that stimulates growth
* Human development (biology)
* Plant growth
* Secondary growth ...
and
development
Development or developing may refer to:
Arts
*Development hell, when a project is stuck in development
*Filmmaking, development phase, including finance and budgeting
*Development (music), the process thematic material is reshaped
*Photographi ...
.
Growth landmarks have also been used for determination of abnormal growth as well.
External links
;Sexual development
*https://web.archive.org/web/20120309203713/http://www.teachingsexualhealth.ca/parents/sexualdevelopment.html
;Growth hormone and growth
*http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epcsums/shortsum.htm
;Growth in young brains
*https://web.archive.org/web/20041129071550/http://www.loni.ucla.edu/~thompson/MEDIA/latimes.html
;Growth and body composition
*http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/80/5/1334
Child development
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