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MARTHA VAN KIRK NELSON, M.S.

Am J Dis Child. 1930;39(4):701-710.

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For some time, ideas concerning growth have been undergoing a change. The rate of growth has been shown definitely to depend on the character and quantity of the food intake; consequently, as diets are improved, standards of growth become obsolete and are replaced by new ones. The present standards are based on averages of the growth of children who in all probability were not receiving an optimum diet. Chi Che Wang¹ observed that greater growth was obtained in children when the protein intake was approximately twice the accepted average requirement. The growth of a group of carefully supervised diabetic children² was found to exceed that which might be expected according to the usual standards for well children. Daniels³ demonstrated that this principle is applicable also to infants. Though the infants observed by her received diluted milk, the food intake was greater than that administered for similar observations . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
IOWA CITY

From the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, State University of Iowa.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Nov. 7, 1929.

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