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Measurement of height, weight, head circumference and blood pressure are commonly done as part of routine paediatric care, whether that care is provided by paediatricians, as in the US and much of Europe, general practitioners as in the UK, or other healthcare providers. Although these "time-honoured" measurements are ingrained in routine care, the evidence-base for some of them is lacking. In this issue, Fayter and colleagues, and Tam Fry in an accompanying perspective, explore the effectiveness, importance and cost of routine height assessment. The data from the 12 original reports reviewed suggest that the diagnostic yield for measuring height for growth hormone deficiency, Turner’s syndrome, and other conditions, ranges between 0.22 and 1.84 per 1000 children screened. I suspect it is actually quite higher, because coeliac disease was not considered in most of the studies reviewed and there is growing interest in treating children with familial short stature with growth
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