Catch-up growth in children with late-diagnosed coeliac disease

Catch-up growth in children with late-diagnosed coeliac disease.

Anthropometric parameters and catch-up growth were prospectively evaluated in fifty late-diagnosed children with coeliac disease aged 2.25-10 years after 1-4 years of adhering to a strict gluten-free diet (GFD). The anthropometric parameters were expressed as Z scores relative to National Centre for Health Statistics standards using Epi Info 2000 (weight-for-height Z score (WHZ) and height-for-...

Catch-up growth and catch-up fat in children born small for gestational age

Infants born small for gestational age (SGA) are at increased risk of perinatal morbidity, persistent short stature, and metabolic alterations in later life. Recent studies have focused on the association between birth weight (BW) and later body composition. Some reports suggest that fetal nutrition, as reflected by BW, may have an inverse programing effect on abdominal adiposity later in life....

Late "catch-up" growth after severe infantile malnutrition.

Prolonged observations of children severely malnourished in early life suggested that permanent stunting in body length and head size resulted (1, 2). Studies with small laboratory animals lent support to these observations (3). Besides the obvious species differences, there were other important distinctions between the two types of studies. Whereas the experimental animals after the early insu...

Catch-up growth in stunted children: Definitions and predictors

This paper examines the incidence and correlates of linear growth catch up in early childhood among stunted children, using a range of definitions of catch up. Catch-up growth between two and five years of age is defined in both absolute terms (i.e. the centimetre height deficit from the healthy reference population mean is reduced) and relative terms (the height-for-age z-score improved or pas...

Catch-up Growth