Short children

VITAL SIGNS

Tuesday 21 March 1995 00:02 GMT

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Short children

A short child does not always develop into a short adult, say British and Italian researchers in the British Medical Journal. In a study of 453 British children, they found that only one in three normal children who were short or underweight became short or underweight adults. A fluctuating growth rate in childhood is the likely explanation.

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