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Review Article
Secular trends of body sizes in Korean children and adolescents: from 1965 to 2010
Jin Soo Moon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2011;54(11):436-442.   Published online November 30, 2011

An anthropometric survey is one of the most important approaches to use when evaluating the health status of children. Secular trends in body sizes, such as height, weight, head circumference, chest circumference, and body mass index showed significant changes over 40 years in Korea. A series of periodic surveys were conducted in 1967, 1975, 1985, 1997, and 2005 by the...

Original Article
Clinical Outcomes of Infants with Failure to Gain Weight among Out-patients
Byoung Cheol Lee, Hae Rim Kim, Chan Lack Sohn, Sin Kam, Jin-Bok Hwang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2004;47(6):604-610.   Published online June 15, 2004
Purpose : The three categories of failure to thrive are based on anthropometric measurements of weight, length, and head circumference for age. Type 1 is a failure to gain weight(FGW) due mainly to malnutrition. This study was performed to observe the clinical outcomes of infants with FGW, Type 1, among out-patients. Methods : Between October 2002 and July 2003, data from...
Erratum
A Clinical Approach to Failure to Gain Weight in Infants
Jin-Bok Hwang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2004;47(4):355-361.   Published online April 15, 2004
Failure to thrive is a term used to describe growth failure in infants and young children that may be accompanied by retarded social and motor achievements. The three categories of failure to thrive is based on anthropometric measurements of weight, length, and head circumference for age. Type 1 category, inadequate growth or loss of body weight with relatively normal height...