Background: Failure to thrive is still a common problem among children, especially in developing countries, and it one of the risk factors for stunting. Factors that contribute failure are medical conditions, nutrition, eating skills, psychosocial characteristics. This study was conducted determine prevalence growth children influence aged 6-24 months who live working area Cisaat Health Center....

Four Asian babies were investigated because they failed to thrive. In all four cases the failure to thrive was a result of the mother's social isolation and inability to communicate, and to the father's refusal to accept that there was a problem in the family.

Metabolisable energy intake, determined by bomb calorimetry of food, vomit, stool and urine, and resting metabolism, assessed by respiratory gas exchange, were studied in 21 infants with congenital heart disease and nine control infants. Weight for age, growth rates, and daily metabolisable energy intake per kg tended to be lower in infants with heart disease than in control infants. Resting ox...