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Failure to Thrive

A Critical Review

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Advances in Clinical Child Psychology

Part of the book series: Advances in Clinical Child Psychology ((ACCP,volume 10))

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Failure to thrive (FIT) is a syndrome used to describe infants and children up to age 4 who show weight loss or difficulties in gaining weight with an overall weight below the third percentile for the appropriate age group (Roberts & Maddux, 1982). These children usually show general feeding difficulties, such as food refusal, spitting up, vomiting, or diarrhea.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, USA

    Juliana Rasic Lachenmeyer

  2. Department of Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA

    Juliana Rasic Lachenmeyer

  3. Child Neuropsychology Section, Division of Neurology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhassett, NY, 11030, USA

    Herman Davidovicz (Chief)

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Lachenmeyer, J.R., Davidovicz, H. (1987). Failure to Thrive. In: Lahey, B.B., Kazdin, A.E. (eds) Advances in Clinical Child Psychology. Advances in Clinical Child Psychology, vol 10. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9826-4_9

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