Failure to thrive: the prevalence and concurrence of anthropometric criteria in a general infant population

TY - JOUR

T1 - Failure to thrive: the prevalence and concurrence of anthropometric criteria in a general infant population

AU - Olsen, E M

AU - Petersen, J

AU - Skovgaard, A M

AU - Weile, B

AU - Jørgensen, T

AU - Wright, C M

AU - Olsen, E M

PY - 2007/2/1

Y1 - 2007/2/1

N2 - Failure to thrive (FTT) in early childhood is associated with subsequent developmental delay and is recognised to reflect relative undernutrition. Although the concept of FTT is widely used, no consensus exists regarding a specific definition, and it is unclear to what extent different anthropometric definitions concur.

AB - Failure to thrive (FTT) in early childhood is associated with subsequent developmental delay and is recognised to reflect relative undernutrition. Although the concept of FTT is widely used, no consensus exists regarding a specific definition, and it is unclear to what extent different anthropometric definitions concur.

U2 - 10.1136/adc.2005.080333

DO - 10.1136/adc.2005.080333

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0003-9888

VL - 92

SP - 109

EP - 114

JO - Archives of Disease in Childhood

JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood

IS - 2

ER -