Biological age determination. When the growth rate is at its peak, we call this Peak Heigth Velocity (PHV). The start of the growth spurt is called the onset. This takes place one year before the PHV. After the PHV, the growth rate slowly decreases until the child has finished growing....
Growth of a child
Growth of a child can be described as quantifiable changes in body size, shape and composition, or as changes at a functional level in the nervous and the musculoskeletal systems. Parts of the body or different tissues in different sub-systems each have their own growth speed. This growth is self-evident...