As every parent knows, an infant’s early life is a series of milestones. From logging every development to regular checkups with the pediatrician to monitor body length, head circumference and weight.
Growth charts and other standard measures for infants of the same age are set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and are meant to track progress and offer guidance when intervention might be needed.
An infant who measures “larger, longer and bigger” on the WHO’s growth chart typically also tends to test high in cognition and motor function, said Lauren Raine, assistant professor and principal investigator of the Interdisciplinary Health, Body Composition and Neuroscience Lab at Northeastern University.
Read more at Northeastern Global News
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