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LETTER
Growth charts for height and weight—statement
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The recent review by Professor Noel Cameron1 was, at least in our view, the most balanced of a number of reports published in recent times.
However, on reading the introduction and historical background to this article, we were once again surprised to find that the Tanner Whitehouse Takaishi (1966) and the Tanner Whitehouse (1976) height and weight charts (copyright Castlemead Publications), are both discussed as being widely used in hospitals, departments of paediatrics, …