The American Academy of Pediatrics has released new growth charts for children with Down syndrome. Due to advances in health care overall, our children with Down syndrome are gaining more weight and growing taller, which is reflected in the new growth charts. The new study included 637 children with Down syndrome up to the age of 20.
I plan on printing the article and making sure that my family doctor has a copy.
You can find a news article on the subject here. http://www.aappublications.org/news/2015/10/30/GrowthCharts103015
You can find the research article and growth charts here.
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/136/5/e1204
I'm grateful for all of the researchers who continue to ask questions and seek answers concerning the Down syndrome population. I don't think you hear it often enough. So, from this mother and SLP, thank you.
