MG44.11

Failure to thrive in infant or child

Insuficiência no desenvolvimento na criança

Category

Definition

When an infant or child's current weight or rate of weight gain is significantly below that of other children of similar age and gender.

Exclusions

  • Failure to thrive in newborn
  • Anorexia Nervosa
  • Avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder
  • Cachexia

Index Terms

Failure to thrive in infant or childfailure to gain weightfailure to thrive NOSFTT - [failure to thrive] syndrome