Failure to thrive.
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.
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Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts.
Zeisel
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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