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M-values for body mass index (BMI) of nine European growth references plotted on WHO standard/references. The figure clearly illustrates the inappropriateness also of WHO BMI references for the European populations regardless, whether the patterns of M-value were obtained from individual weight/height2 [Belgian (9), German (Hesse) (21,22), Polish (11), UK (8,15,16), Italian references (17)] or crude estimates. European infants are generally heavier than WHO standards suggest.
