Why Is It Important to Assess Growth, Height, and Weight

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to assess growth, height, and weight against a "standard" such as the World Health Organization Growth Standards?

A) They provide information about how children in the immediate locale are developing and growing.
B) They provide information about how children raised in suboptimal conditions or "abnormal" conditions are developing and growing.
C) They provide information about deviations from "normal" growth under optimum conditions.
D) They provide information about impacts of gender and culture on development and growth.