| BMI | Body mass index |
| BMIZ | Body mass index Z-score |
| CAI | Children adopted internationally |
| CDC | Centers of Disease Control |
| HAZ | Height-for-age Z-score |
| HCAZ | Head circumference-for-age Z-score |
| LBW | Low birth weight |
| MDI | Mental scale index |
| OFCZ | Occipitofrontal circumference Z-score |
| PDI | Psychomotor development index |
| VDD | Vitamin D deficiency |
| WAZ | Weight-for-age Z-score |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WHZ | Weight-for-height Z-score |