How do you know if a child is healthy?
Carolina Cremin
2025-06-22 03:25:57
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Kids need to get enough calories to learn and develop well. Doctors measure a child's weight, length, and head circumference at each well-child checkup and put the results on a growth chart. Children may have failure to thrive if they weigh less than most kids their age or aren't gaining weight as quickly as they should. In general, kids who fail to thrive are not getting enough calories to grow and gain weight in a healthy way. When kids can't gain weight, they also often may not grow as tall as they should. So kids with failure to thrive might start to walk and talk later than other kids, and can have trouble learning in school. A dietitian or other health care professional also may track the calories in a child's diet to make sure the child is getting enough.