Which is the reason why it is important to plot the school-age child's height and weight on a standardized growth chart?
1) Growth spurts are unpredictable.
2) Boys and girls grow at different times and rates.
3) Individual children will grow according to their own curve.
4) All of the above.
ANS: 3
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