Age-related weight-for-height charts for south Iranian school children.

Analysis of data from the Shiraz (Iran) growth study requires to take age into account when assessing weight-for-height of school children aged 6-12. A unified structure standard score method is used to construct age-related weight-for-height. Weight-for-height charts were drawn for each age-sex category of children. These charts suggest that local weight-for-height standards should be used in clinical work.