Roundup of growth chart packages
At rOpenSci’s annual unconf, I suggested a project to work on functions that convert physical growth measurements into z-scores and percentiles. For example, researchers in the United States studying childhood obesity often calculate the BMI z-score or percentage of the 95th percentile of BMI from nationally representative survey data.
During the process of brainstorming and working on this project, the team1 I was working with found out some related R packages that do this. To help us move forward with the project and identify next steps, I round up these packages below.2 If I’m missing something, please comment so I can add it to this post!