Pediatrics/Paediatrics - Growth Faltering (Failure to Thrive)
Nutrition Care Process (Toolkits)
Last Updated: 2023-09-13
Target Group: All children(0-12 yr.), Infant(0-2 yr.), Youth(13-17 yr.)
Description and Key Nutrition Issues
Growth monitoring and the promotion of optimal nutrition are critical aspects of health care for all children (1). Growth monitoring assists in confirming a child’s healthy growth and development and assists in the early identification of potential nutrition or health problems.
Growth faltering (previously called failure to thrive) is a term used to describe a slower rate of weight gain in infants and children compared to those of similar age and sex (2).
Growth faltering can occur at any