Changing curves: monitoring growth of children and adolescents in The Netherlands

Background: Monitoring human growth is important. It is used to detection of abnormal growth trajectories of children, which may reflect nutritional problems or underlying illness. In a larger population, it can provide information about the health status of this population, for example the prevalence of overweight and obesity, or the mean...

Growth, development and social functioning of individuals with Down syndrome [groei, ontwikkeling en sociaal functioneren van kinderen en jongeren met Downsyndroom]

In this thesis, four studies on children and adolescents with Down syndrome are described. The first study showed that the number of live births of children with Down syndrome in the Netherlands remained stable over the period 1997-2007 on 14.6 per 10,000 births. Of these, 85% were live born. In the second study is observed that growth...