Regine Capiral is a doting mom to her daughter, Kitty. Also known as “Mommy Chin” by her online followers, she loves to share her many fun bonding moments, gentle parenting tips, and how she packs nutritious lunch boxes for Kitty. Mommy Chin’s hands-on approach to caring for her child has inspired mommies who watch her content and follow her lead.
Last year, Mommy Chin upgraded her approach after discovering that her daughter was at risk of stunting, which was crucial information she got with the help of the PediaSure Plus Growth Calculator. This comprehensive tool helps assess whether a child’s height based on his/her age and gender is below or within the World Health Organization (WHO) standards. Monitoring children’s growth helps ensure that they are reaching their full growth potential, and if they aren’t, it helps moms plan their course of action to help their kids catch up on growth.
“Tracking my daughter’s growth height helped me identify that she was at risk for stunting. Thanks to the PediaSure Plus Growth Calculator and the free nutritional counseling that came with it, we were able to detect the issue and intervene early by giving her a clinically proven oral nutrition supplement that is most recommended by pediatricians for children with growth issues to get her back on the right track,” Mommy Chin said.
Growth stunting is a condition where a child’s height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median.1 Stunting is a health issue in the Philippines, and 2 in 3 moms are unaware of the long-term effects of stunting on childhood growth.
The PediaSure Plus Growth Calculator is an easy online tool moms can use anytime, anywhere to assess whether their child’s growth is on track, at risk, or stunted. It can also provide a prediction of a child’s potential adult height. Post-growth assessment, moms can also schedule free nutrition counseling with a growth coach to get advice on how to achieve faster catch-up growth for their child.
After a year of monitoring and intervention, Mommy Chin is happy to share that her daughter grew from 91cm to 98cm.
How to use the Growth Calculator
Moms can easily access the PediaSure Plus Growth Calculator via this website. Here’s a quick rundown on how to use it:
- Input your child’s gender (Male or Female)
- Input your child’s birthday
- Input the height of your child, as well as the parents’ heights (in cm)
- Click “Calculate”
Aside from free nutrition counseling after the assessment, there are additional resources about a child’s growth available on the website.
Keeping your child’s growth on track
Since finding out that her daughter was at risk of stunting, Mommy Chin made it a point to support Kitty’s health and growth with three balanced nutrition, exercise, proper sleep, and two glasses of PediaSure Plus daily. She also made it a habit to measure Kitty’s height to make sure that she was growing on the right track.
“We’re really thankful we discovered the PediaSure Plus Growth Calculator. I highly recommend to all moms to check and track their child’s progress as well,” Mommy Chin said.
Help your child achieve his/her full growth potential. The first step toward this goal is to proactively track their growth using the PediaSure Plus Growth Calculator and give them the best care, they need.
Don’t let your child fall behind. Visit here to check if they’re at risk of stunting.
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Reference:
- World Health Organization, “Stunting in a nutshell”