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Training Module: Poor Growth

Identifying poor growth
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  2. Identifying poor growth - examples
 

Example 1, Part 2. This is a look at the growth over time of the child in Example 1.

This child's parents are both small, and it is likely that she is genetically predisposed to being short. After an evaluation was done, concern about this girl's growth pattern was lessened. Other factors that can affect growth potential include being born small for getational age.

 

Figure 2a. Weight-for-age and Length for-age, birth-36 months chart

Figure 1c. Weight-for-age and Length-for age, birth to 36 months. Weight-for-age and length-for-age have consistently been at the 5th percentile.

  


Figure 2b. Weight-for-length, birth-36 months chart

Figure 1d. Weight-for-length, birth to 36 months. Weight-for-length has consistently been at the 25th percentile.

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