Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Child Growth

Child growth and development is the study of the orderly physical, cognitive, and physiological changes that occur from infancy through childhood, encompassing increases in stature, weight, and body composition alongside the maturation of organ systems and neurodevelopment. Growth is assessed against reference stand…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 57× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2691-5014 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Child growth and development is the study of the orderly physical, cognitive, and physiological changes that occur from infancy through childhood, encompassing increases in stature, weight, and body composition alongside the maturation of organ systems and neurodevelopment. Growth is assessed against reference standards using anthropometric indicators such as weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight-for-height, which detect undernutrition, stunting, wasting, and overweight; deviations signal nutritional inadequacy, illness, or environmental adversity with lasting consequences for health and capacity. Determinants include dietary intake and complementary feeding, infection burden, sanitation and hygiene, maternal and caregiver practices, and access to health services, making growth monitoring a cornerstone of pediatric and public-health surveillance. The peer-reviewed research collected here in the journal's Pediatric Health And Nutrition corpus engages these themes, including nutritional status in infants with single-ventricle physiology, task-shifting in growth monitoring at health facilities, complementary feeding practices among under-five children, and the construction and selection of growth charts in the post-COVID era. Several further studies address caregiver feeding knowledge, environmental sanitation and hygiene, and the integration of maternal and child healthcare, which bear on the broader context of early growth. Together they reflect the field's focus on tracking, interpreting, and supporting healthy development across childhood.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 57 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Child Growth, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Pediatric Health And Nutrition (ISSN 2691-5014).

Journal editorial board
Narcis Flavius Tepeneu · Romania Ann Scheimann · United States Stefan Bittmann · Germany

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