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 Package: growthscreener
 Title: Finding Children with Unusual Growth Patterns
-Version: 1.4.2
+Version: 1.5.0
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Paula",
            family = "van Dommelen",
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+# growthscreener 1.5.0
+
+* Introduces `pick_reference_wgt()` to select weight reference depending on sex, age, ga and etn
+* Refreshes the sieve used for under- and overweight screening
+* Solves a bug in `calculate_screening_doms()` that prevented weight screening
+* For clarity, reverts the weight screening code from `wfh` to `wgt`
+
 # growthscreener 1.4.2
 
 * Updates to `roxygen 7.1.1`