title: Failure to thrive in children.
abstract: Optimal nutrition in early infancy is the success behind good health, growth, and development of children. This article presents an overview of failure to thrive in children younger than 2 years of age. This article reviews normal growth, growth indices, common etiology, and an approach to evaluation and management of failure to thrive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical College of Vigrinia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, 23298-0529, USA. mdshah@hsc.vcu.edu
authors.forename: Mahendra D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D005183:Failure to Thrive / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010808:Physical Examination