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CATCH-UP GROWTH
Catch-up (CU) growth is defined as height velocity above
the normal statistical limits for age and/or maturity during a defined
period of time, following a transient period of growth inhibition.
Resolution of growth-inhibiting condition is followed by a period of
spontaneous CU growth and, depending on the age of the child, may
From the Tel-Aviv University Research Center for Nutrition, Growth and
Development, Israel.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof Moshe Phillip, The
Jesse Z and Sara Lea Shafer Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes,
National Center for Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Childrens Medical
Center of Israel, 14 Kaplan St, Petah Tikva 49202, Israel (e-mail:
mosheph@post.tau.ac.il).
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
Copyright # 2010 by European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology,
Hepatology, and Nutrition and North American Society for Pediatric
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
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SUMMARY
Longitudinal bone growth at the growth plate is governed by
a complex network of signals; however, to this day, the exact
mechanism by which nutrition affects growth has not been eluci-
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