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Anthropometric indices of failure to thrive
Pauline Raynor, Mary C J Rudolf
Department of
Community Child Health, Belmont House, 3 Belmont Grove, Leeds LS2
9NP, UK
Correspondence to: Dr Rudolf email: mrudolf{at}ulth.northy.nhs.uk
Accepted 15 February
2000
AIMS
To compare five anthropometric
methods of classifying failure to thrive in order to ascertain their
relative merits in predicting developmental, dietary, and eating problems.
METHODSThe five anthropometric
methods were compared in 83 children with failure to thrive.
RESULTSThe methods were
inconsistent in classification of severity, and no one method was
superior in predicting problems.
CONCLUSIONSWeight alone, being the
simplest, is still the most reasonable marker for failure to thrive and
associated problems.
Keywords: failure to thrive; anthropometric measure; body mass index
© 2000 by Archives of Disease in Childhood
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