Faltering growth is a condition that can affect children in any family. Maggie Jones looks at ways to deal with this frustrating problem
Rather than a sinister condition confined to the poorest or most negligent families, 'faltering growth' - formerly known as 'failure to thrive' - is in fact a common condition of childhood that could occur in any home.
One in 20 children aged under five develop distressing feeding problems and do not grow at the expected rate, and evidence now suggests that faltering growth occurs in all socio-economic groups. In only a tiny per- centage of cases is there emotional or physical abuse or neglect, and in only 5 per cent of cases is there an organic cause.
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