Weight and height growth of malnourished school-age children during re-feeding. Three historic studies published shortly after World War I

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
M HermanussenC Scheffler

Abstract

In view of the ongoing debate on "chronic malnutrition" and the concept of "stunting" as "a better measure than underweight of the cumulative effects of undernutrition and infection (WHO)", we translate, briefly comment and re-publish three seminal historic papers on catch-up growth following re-feeding after severe food restriction of German children during and after World War I. The observations were published in 1920 and 1922, and appear to be of particular interest to the modern nutritionist. The papers of Abderhalden (1920) and Bloch (1920) describe German children of all social strata who were born shortly before World War I, and raised in apparently "normal" families. After severe long-standing undernutrition, they participated in an international charity program. They experienced exceptional catch-up growth in height of 3-5 cm within 6-8 weeks. Goldstein (1922) observed 512 orphans and children from underprivileged families. Goldstein described very different growth patterns. These children were much shorter (mean height between -2.0 and -2.8 SDS, modern WHO reference). They mostly failed to catch-up in height, but tended to excessively increase in weight particularly during adolescence. Whereas Abderhalden and Bloch il...Continue Reading

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Sep 15, 2020·Public Health Nutrition·Christiane SchefflerMichael Hermanussen
May 31, 2019·European Journal of Clinical Nutrition·C SchefflerA Pulungan
Oct 30, 2020·Frontiers in Endocrinology·Alan David Rogol

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