Nutritional Management of Failure to Thrive.
- Author:
Jae Hong PARK
1
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. jhongpark@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Failure to thrive;
Nutrition
- MeSH:
Child;
Counseling;
Eating;
Failure to Thrive;
Humans;
Nutrition Disorders;
Psychosocial Deprivation
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
2009;12(Suppl 1):S41-S45
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Optimal nutrition in infancy and early childhood is the success behind good health, growth, and development of children. Failure to thrive may be the end point of any combination of a nutritional disorder, poor growth, and psychosocial deprivation. Hospital admission is rarely necessary and may be counterproductive. Day attendance, for investigation and observation of child-parent interaction, may be more valuable. Nutritional supplementation, together with nutritional counseling, can improve food intake and growth in children with failure to thrive.
