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A FULL FACE DOES NOT ALWAYS INDICATE A WELL NOURISHED BODY: Herbert, aged six and one-half years, is more than two years retarded in growth, his round shoulders, protruding shoulder blades, prominent abdomen, flabby muscles, and fatigue posture are all signs of malnutrition, but his round face and regular features make him look well nourished when dressed

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Title: Nutrition and growth in children
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Emerson, William Robie Patten, 1869-
Subjects: Children Growth Child Nutrition
Publisher: New York, London : D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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A FULL FACE DOES NOT ALWAYS INDICATE A WELL .NOURISHED BODY Herbert, aged six and one-half years, is more than Iwo years retardedin growth, liis round shoulders, protruding shoulder blades, piominentabdomen, flabby muscles, and fatigue posture are all siirns of malnu-trition, but his round face and regular features make him look wellnourished when diessed. Defects: underweight 16 per cent (8 lb.);nasopharyngeal obstruction; carious teeih (two»; spinalcurvature ; otitis media ; fatigue posture. NUTRITION AND GROWTHIN CHILDREN ! BY WILLIAM R. P. £MERS0N, A.B., M.D. PBOFESSOR or PEDIATRICS, TUFTS COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL ;PRESIDENT, NUTRITION CLINICS FOR DELICATE CHILDREN,incorporated; medical adviser, ELIZABETH MCCOR-MICK MEMORIAL FOND, CHICAGO; VISITING PHYSICIAN(IN CHARGE OF NUTRITION CLINIC), CHILDRENSOUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, MASSACHUSETTS GEN-ERAL HOSPITAL, BOSTONnutritiongrowthi00emer

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