Faltering growth

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Key articles

Kuczmarski RJ, Ogden CL, Guo SS, et al. 2000 CDC growth charts for the United States: methods and development. Vital Health Stat 11. 2002 May;(246):1-190.Full text  Abstract

Waterlow JC, Buzina R, Keller W, et al. The presentation and use of height and weight data for comparing the nutritional status of groups of children under the age of 10 years. Bull World Health Organ. 1977;55(4):489-98.Full text  Abstract

Kleinman R. American Academy of Pediatrics. Nutritional needs of the preterm infant. In: Kleinman RE, ed. Pediatric nutrition handbook, 5th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2004:36.

UNICEF. The state of the world's children 2019: child survival. New York, NY: United Nations Children's Fund; 2019 [internet publication].Full text

Black MM, Dubowitz H, Krishnakumar A, et al. Early intervention and recovery among children with failure to thrive: follow-up at age 8. Pediatrics. 2007;120:59-69. Abstract

Reference articles

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2. Waterlow JC, Buzina R, Keller W, et al. The presentation and use of height and weight data for comparing the nutritional status of groups of children under the age of 10 years. Bull World Health Organ. 1977;55(4):489-98.Full text  Abstract

3. Frank DA, Blenner S, Wilbur MD, et al. Failure to thrive. In: Reece RM, Christian C, eds. Child abuse: medical diagnosis and management, 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.

4. Kleinman R. American Academy of Pediatrics. Nutritional needs of the preterm infant. In: Kleinman RE, ed. Pediatric nutrition handbook, 5th ed. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2004:36.

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33. Black MM, Dubowitz H, Krishnakumar A, et al. Early intervention and recovery among children with failure to thrive: follow-up at age 8. Pediatrics. 2007;120:59-69. Abstract

34. Holme AR, Blair PS, Emond AM. Psychosocial and educational outcomes of weight faltering in infancy in ALSPAC. BMJ Open. 2013;3:e002863.Full text  Abstract

35. Walker SP, Chang SM, Powell CA, et al. Effects of early childhood psychosocial stimulation and nutritional supplementation on cognition and education in growth-stunted Jamaican children: prospective cohort study. Lancet. 2005;366:1804-1807. Abstract

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