title: Failure to thrive.
abstract: Malnutrition is the primary biologic insult in most cases of failure to thrive. A transactional model of infant development provides a framework for understanding the psychosocial context in which such malnutrition occurs. Each child who fails to thrive should receive a multidisciplinary evaluation to address the diagnostic and therapeutic implications of nutritional, medical, psychosocial, and developmental factors contributing to growth failure.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Zeisel
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007228:Infant Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors