Clinician diagnoses of failure to thrive before and after switch to World Health Organization growth curves

ConclusionsWhen switching from the CDC to the WHO growth curves, changes in the incidence of FTT by growth-percentile and clinician-diagnosis criteria differed for younger versus older infants. Factors beyond growth likely influence the decision to diagnose a child as having FTT and may differ in younger compared to older infants.
Source: Academic Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research