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In the cross\u2010sectional <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralian <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">N<\/jats:styled-content>ational <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>hildren's <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">N<\/jats:styled-content>utrition and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">P<\/jats:styled-content>hysical <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>ctivity survey (2\u201316\u2010year\u2010old boys (2415) and girls (2379) from all states), height was measured in 2007. Heights were converted to standard deviation scores (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SDS<\/jats:styled-content>s) based on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CDC<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WHO<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Means and standard deviations of height\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">SDS<\/jats:styled-content> varied between <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CDC<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WHO<\/jats:styled-content> definitions and with age and gender within each definition. However, both identified similar frequencies of short stature (&lt;1st centile for <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GH<\/jats:styled-content> eligibility), although these were very significantly less than the anticipated 1% (0.1\u20130.7%) of the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralian cohorts. Mean heights in the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralian cohorts were greater than both the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WHO<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CDC<\/jats:styled-content> means.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Neither <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CDC<\/jats:styled-content> nor <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WHO<\/jats:styled-content> height standardisations accurately reflect the contemporary <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralian child population. <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralian children are taller than the <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CDC<\/jats:styled-content> or <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WHO<\/jats:styled-content> height means, and significantly less than 1% of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>ustralian children are defined as being short using either <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CDC<\/jats:styled-content> or <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">WHO<\/jats:styled-content>. 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