The who Multicentre Growth Reference Study: Planning, Study Design, and Methodology

By M. de Onís, C. Garza, C. Victora, A. Onyango, E. Frongillo, J. Martines. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 2004

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Childhood stunting: a global perspective (2016, unknown): “The methodology and conduct of the MGRS is described elsewhere (de Onis et al. 2004b).”
Gut bacteria that rescue growth impairments transmitted by immature microbiota from undernourished children (2016, methodology): “The World Health Organization has used a cohort of 8440 healthy children living in six countries to develop anthropometric standards that define nutritional status [weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ), weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ), and height-for-age Z-score (HAZ)] (9, 10).”
Lower protein in infant formula is associated with lower weight up to age 2 y: a randomized clinical trial. (2009, methodology): “To make the measurement comparable with recumbent length, 0.7 cm was added in accordance with the procedures established in the World Health Organization (WHO) Growth Multicentre Reference Study (23).”