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Application of incremental growth standards Gail Grigsby
Harrison, Department of Family and Community Medicine and
Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona, USA Current estimates of nutrient requirements for
growth are based on the variation about average daily growth
rates calculated from annual growth increments However, the
report Protein-Energy Requirements under Conditions Prevailing
in Developing Countries: Current Knowledge and Research Needs
(UN University, Tokyo, 1979, WllTR-1/ UNUP- 18) called attention
to an issue that has received very little notice - namely, that
even normal, well-nourished children do not grow continuously at
the average rate. Instead, they may be growing at two to three
times this rate at one period and not growing at all during
another. The following article provides the most extensive data
to date on this phenomenon. Clearly, recommended n