RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Recognising failure to thrive in early childhood.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1263
OP 1265
DO 10.1136/adc.65.11.1263
VO 65
IS 11
A1 A G Edwards
A1 P C Halse
A1 J M Parkin
A1 A J Waterston
YR 1990
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/65/11/1263.abstract
AB The maximum weight centile achieved by a child between 4 and 8 weeks of age was found to be a better predictor of the centile at 12 months than the birth weight centile. Children whose weight deviated two or more major centiles below this maximum weight centile for a month or more showed significant anthropometric differences during the second year of life from those who showed no such deviation. It is suggested that this leads to a logical and practical definition of failure to thrive.