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Published online 27 April 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060424-9
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How should your babies grow?
New growth charts could push more kids into obese category.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new guidelines showing how babies should ideally grow. Controversially, the new charts mean that more children in Western countries could be labelled as overweight.
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