title: Decreased final height of children with growth deceleration secondary to poor weight gain during late childhood.
abstract: Eighteen healthy, short children with normal growth during most of their childhood were evaluated after a sustained fall in weight and reduced linear growth. Growth was followed after nutritional counseling until final height. This report demonstrates the need for an appropriate-for-age weight gain in growing children as a relatively minor but prolonged caloric restriction, leading to a sustained fall in weight centiles, will affect growth velocities long term and may lead to reduced final heights.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Hospital de Clinicas Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela. lanes@telcel.net.ve
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lanes
authors.forename: Arlette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soros
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height / Q000502:physiology*; D031204:Caloric Restriction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D003376:Counseling; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology*