Davis D R, Apley J, Fill G, Grimaldi C
Br Med J. 1978 Mar 4;1(6112):539-42. doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.6112.539.
The diets of 36 children below the third centile for height but with no organic disease were compared with the diets of a control group. In most cases retarded growth was associated with a long-continued deficiency in calorie intake. When the diets were reassessed about a year later the shortfall in calorie intake was significantly reduced. This improvement, which tended to be followed by an increase in the rate of growth in height, might have been due to alteration in the child's circumstances or improvement in the family attitudes and feeding habits or both. Advice given at the clinic is thought to have played a part in bringing these changes about.
对36名身高低于第三百分位但无器质性疾病的儿童的饮食与对照组儿童的饮食进行了比较。在大多数情况下,生长发育迟缓与长期热量摄入不足有关。大约一年后重新评估饮食时,热量摄入不足显著减少。这种改善往往伴随着身高生长速度的加快,这可能是由于儿童生活环境的改变、家庭态度和喂养习惯的改善或两者兼而有之。诊所提供的建议被认为在促成这些变化方面发挥了作用。