RETARDED GROWTH
The boy or girl who is flowing tall at a great rate and failing to till out " at a proportionate rate is sufferin» from a form of malnutrition, or undernourishment. Children on such diets frequently complain of pains in various active joints, such as trie kneejoint, and the common expression used bv the laity to describe the condition is " growing pains." In the light or present knowledge of dietetics such a condition should not develop. It is known that when muscular development is sacrificed to development of height many vital organs are retarded in development as well. Ihus there is the risk, when growth is not really symmetrical, that one or more of the important internal organs will not develop at a rate which will give them the necessary strength to meet the demands of the overgrown skeleton. The body which has not undergone normal development in all directions may be in such a weakened state that it is quite unable to resist invasion of common ailments which a body in a state of adequate nourishment would easily repel.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21763, 31 March 1934, Page 7 (Supplement)
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181RETARDED GROWTH New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21763, 31 March 1934, Page 7 (Supplement)
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