Recognising failure to thrive in early childhood.
The maximum weight centile achieved by a child between 4 and 8 weeks of age was found to be a better predictor of the centile at 12 months than the birth weight centile. Children whose weight deviated two or more major centiles below this maximum weight centile for a month or more showed significant anthropometric differences during the second year of life from those who showed no such deviation. It is suggested that this leads to a logical and practical definition of failure to thrive.
Edwards
A G
AG
Newcastle General Hospital.
Halse
P C
PC
Parkin
J M
JM
Waterston
A J
AJ
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000886:Anthropometry; D001724:Birth Weight; D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012016:Reference Values; D009626:Terminology as Topic