Failure to thrive in infants and children results from inadequate nutrition to maintain physical growth and development. It’s a condition usually diagnosed when a child’s weight for age is below________ percentile.: (A) 5th, (B) 10th, (C) 2nd, (D) 15th
Answer is A. Primary care physician diagnose failure to thrive; when the child’s weight for age is less than fifth percentile or crosses two major percentile lines